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SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Feroza Mogrelia (Director)

2010 was ushered in by the Sports Department with a prayer that the year ahead be fruitful and successful as the ones bygone. The answer to this invocation lies in the following report which is testimony to the unstinting efforts put in by our students to bring laurels to our institution. Our teams have shone in their inter college outings and alongside this, student participation in our intramural programme within the college has surpassed all expectations. Our threefold action programme of fielding teams for Inter varsity /college tournaments, an exhaustive Inter Departmental schedule for men and women and the effective functioning of the Xaverian Club has kept the department active year round. Each year this endeavor is made possible by an eager band of students who never say die. The earlier part of the year saw Dishmit Singh Anand , Arjun Sen, Ritika Das and others holding fort and smoothly passing the baton on to Atinderpal Sodhi, Payal Baid , Sandeep Mundra, Shraddha Bhartia in the new academic year.

Annual Sports

On 6th February our programme for the year kicked off with a mega event on the College Calendar ~ the Annual Sports. Being the 150th year of our institution , this years Sports Day was especially important. The words of encouragement spoken by the Mayor of Kolkata who was the Chief Guest enthused the students. The colorful parade of the Departments and the Principals address to the four thousand strong student body was a unique sight to behold. Kudos to Fr. Xavier for keeping the proceedings going with great zest in his role as the Master of Ceremonies. Photo finish races and entertaining Special Events for staff and students made this the grandest Sports day ever. The volunteers and winners were hugely appreciated. Special mention to Amrit Jojo and Bushra Hussain for lifting the Individual Championships.

Activities:

February and March saw also the completion of a series of in house tournaments, the longest one being the Inter Departmental Cricket with nearly thirty teams participating. Inter Departmental Chess , 3 A Side Mixed Basketball, 5 A Side Football (Men and Women) , Volleyball(M), Throwball(W), Basketball(Men and Women) and Table Tennis Doubles were played off with competition being stiff between the teams.
The earlier months of the year also saw the Xaverian Hockey Men’s team in full form and 2010 has been one of the “glory years” for the team. On a roll, the team coached by Mr. Kabul Pan and captained by Debanjan Sen scored a hattrick by emerging champions in - the Bengal Hockey Association League, the Kaivan Cup and Bengal 6s ~ three prestigious tournaments in Kolkata. This amazing feat was possible because of the wonderful team spirit and enthusiasm our players have shown.

Awards Ceremony:

A special day for the Department was on Monday, 19th April 2010 when we held our Annual Awards Presentation. Our Principal Fr. Felix Raj along with the Vice Principals and Fr. Tete -Principal of St. Xavier’s College Ranchi, gave away certificates, mementos and trophies to our outstanding sportspersons. Our twenty six University Blues, 3rd years playing for all three years on college teams, winners of Inter Department tournaments and special awards to the sportsperson of the year were awarded to a packed auditorium. Honour was bestowed on the students who had worked selflessly throughout the year. Sports secretary Dishmit Singh Anand was given a Token of Honor for his great dedication and service to the department. The program ended with the farewell for the 3rd years.

New Academic Year:

With the new academic year commencing in July the department once more swung into action. College teams in Football, Table Tennis, Badminton and Swimming were prepared for the Calcutta University Inter college tournaments. In house we conducted tournaments for students in all the above game/sports. The college Badminton Men and Women’s teams were the champions in the Calcutta University Inter College tournaments. The College Women’s Table Tennis teams were Runners up in the Calcutta University Inter college tournament. Our swimmer Swaraj Das won a Bronze medal at the Inter College Aquatics. Our teams of Football and Volleyball have participated in the Calcutta University Inter college tournaments.

Ranji/Bengal Cricketers from SXC

Sayan Shekhar Mandal did the College proud by getting a place on the Senior Bengal Cricket team. The following students made it to the respective Bengal teams : Jayojit Basu Bengal U22 team and Arijit Banerjee U19

Bengal Hockey Players

Varinder Singh Gill secured a place on the Junior Bengal Hockey Team for the Junior Nationals.

University Blues

On a number of Calcutta University Zonal and All India teams are students from St. Xavier’s College. This year we had five of our students on the University Women’s Basketball team, six on the Men’s Basketball team, four on the Men’s Cricket team four for Badminton, one for Table Tennis and the number is still counting.Our Badminton and Table Tennis players were Inter Varsity East Zone gold medalists. Our students try hard to get onto the University teams and each year our College produces the maximum number of University blues.

RIP:
The sudden and sad demise of our Mali Bhup Lal Mandal this year created a big vacuum in the Department. He was well loved, hardworking and was always seen on the field in college or out with our teams for all Inter College matches. His place would be hard to fill. A well attended condolence meeting was held in his memory.

Awards Galore:

The Department sent contingents to the Annual Sports Festivals of Loreto College, Marine Engineering College and IIT Kharagpur and our teams performed excellently in all these outings.


SXC Invitational

The sports department organized an Inter College Invitational Football and Basketball tournament from 28th September to 1stOctober. Premier institutes from the city participated in this tournament. Our teams annexed all the Winners trophies with Marine Engineering College bagging the Runner Up trophy in Football and Basketball. NUJS were the runners up in Women’s Basketball with the Home team coming out trumps.

Xaverians Club

The Xaverian Men’s and Women’s Basketball team played tournaments including the prestigious State Championship conducted by the West Bengal Basketball Association. Our Women’s team fought hard to be declared Winners of the Womens Association Junior League. The Coaches of our teams Mr. Rabin Mandal and Ms Rinky Das have worked hard with our students and this has ensured that our teams remain among the top few in the state. Regular training is given to the students and each year a bulk of the University teams comprise of our students. Our College teams go well prepared for all tournaments and perform credibly. The great service and time put in by the students in the day to day running of the Department is incredible and keeps the Department active throughout the year.

Whenever I ask students what drives them to give their sweat and blood for the College it is always remarkable how they all echo the same sentiment. The euphoria of wearing the College colours, the exhilaration of bringing back a trophy or simply cheering on an SXC team gives our students this drive to conquer and scale greater heights each year. As the year comes to a close and we wait for the sun to come up on another dawn, we chant a silent prayer once more.