1. The game has just begun.
By Megha Jetley
BEAT
BESTTHE
Naresh Sachdeva Director Sports
Modern School appreciating the initiative.
Paresh Nath, Editor, Publisher and Printer,
Delhi Press Magazines, firing up the spirits of theparticipants.
Itʼs not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
– John Wooden
W
omanʼs Era has a long track record of organising
top-class sport events and this was again a
spectacular one. The next in order knockout match
of the championship was played between Delhi
International School and Ramjas School. The
ultimate motive of Woman’s Era behind taking this
ambitious initiative was to provide the high-school
athletes a taste of the rich traditions of women’s
sport programmes, and showcase the women champions at
the next level. In the first ever Girls’ High School Basket Ball
Championship 2014 the players of both the teams were young
girls with no experience of playing a match outside the school
courts.

2. Here starts the action
T
he two-day championship which
commenced on 13th October 2014
as local high school teams
competed against each other at the
courts of Modern School, Barakhamba
Road, New Delhi. The championship
had drawn eight eminent high schools
of Delhi and NCR for the participation.
The championship was held on 13th and
14th October 2014 and was a huge
success from all perspectives.
The second round
A
fter the splendid first match the
onlookers sat back to watch the
two very young teams of thechampionship fighting tooth and nail toreserve their place in the semi-final.Honourable guest, Paresh Nath, Editor,Publisher and Printer, Delhi Pressinspired and motivated the teams withhis valuable words. The secondknockout session began with the twoteams, Delhi International School andRamjas School.
Introducing the teams
P
articipating players from Delhi
International School were: Simran
Dixit, Jaya Sharma, Neha Rawat,
Shivani, Bhawna Swami, Konika,
Mandeera, Smriti Tomar, Nisha Bisht,
Nikita, Sarika led by the captain Simran
under the guidance of coach Sudhir
Mishra. Players from the opposing team,
Ramjas School were: Ritika, Avni,
Prachi, Harsimar, Revti, Muskan, Ankita,
Sakshi, Bhavita, Sehaj Veer, Mehak
headed by the captain of the team,
Vidhi Parashar. Though it was a young
team the players had developed nicely
under the guidance of coach Vipin
Alagh.
The ball of fire
While the referees of the matchstarted off with the jump ball,both the teams got their headsup and were ready to shoot the ballright into the basket. Both the teamsstruggled hard to reach the semi-finalsand as it is said there is always onewinner, Delhi International Schooltriumphed with 18/13 baskets over theRamjas School with the splendid victoryand secured its place in the semi-finals.
Giving away the
participation award
U
dita Dutta, Director Artsmith
Concept and Vision and consultant
in Delhi Daredevils and Naresh
Sachdeva, Director Sports, Modern
School presented the losing team
Ramjas School with the participation
trophies and certificates.
Win or lose, do it fairly
R
amjas team showed sportsman
spirit and took the defeat in a very
positive way. Their players showed
glimpses of satisfaction on their faces.
On the other hand, players of Delhi
International School were joyful and
enthusiastic.
You are great enough
I
t’s worth mentioning that the bestscorer from Ramjas School wasPrachi and from Delhi InternationalSchool was Simran. Simran was alsodeclared the second best scorer of thechampionship with 22 points.
Ramjas School with their CoachVipin Alagh before the match.
Delhi
International
School with
their coach
Sudhir Mishra.
Struggle to reach the semi-finals.
Players competing for the ball.
We
Experience shows that success is due
less to ability than to zeal. The winner
is he who gives himself to his work
body & soul. -Buxton