Sh. Ram Prakash Chawla SJOBA Badminton Tournament 2011

The Sh Ram Prakash Chawla  Badminton Tournament ended with a bang on October 16, 2011. The day saw a lot of action on the court as the last leg of league matches were played in the men's doubles category followed by the finals. The pin drop silence in the auditorium during the finals was an indication that the fight was even and the spirit triumphant. Every point on either side was cheered by the strong crowd which had gathered, equally enamored by the matches and the food!! The night ended with lots of camaraderie, catching-up, bonhomie, some lovely food and of course wonderful memories!!

After 4 days of league matches and the grueling finals the following teams emerged winners: 

Men's Doubles

3rd Position - Sumit Behl and Chaitanya Verma

2nd Position - Kanwar Walia and Animesh Sharma

1st Position - Atul Chopra and Vivek Sood

Mixed Doubles

3rd Position - Chaitanya Verma and Noor Paul

2nd Position - Animesh Sharma and Ruchi Kapoor

1st Position - Vivek Sood and Gayatri Swarup

Bro McCann is no more

Bro' McCann left for his heavenly abode on October 2, 2011. There is not one among us whose life was not touched by the man who always had a smile on his face and a witty comment on his tongue. He had a rare charm which made him endearing to everyone he met.

RIP Bro. McCann. You will continue to live in the hearts of all the Johnians.

SJOBA vs St John's Football Match

It was on a hot Saturday (October 1, 2011) morning that the kick-off took place and the Match got started. After an initial couple of attacks from the school team, it was SJOBA who kept more possession and repeatedly attacked the opposition's goal but were unfortunate to not score at the end of the first half. The second half was no different. In spite of a huge turn out of school boys in support of their team, the school boys failed to capitalize on their advantages. Meanwhile, SJOBA kept on attacking their goal but were yet to taste any success.

In a move that proved really fruitful, Captain Ranjit Bajaj pushed Siddharth Sandhu from defence to attack and with that SJOBA went into top gear. In the dying minutes of the game SJOBA got a corner. Rochan's perfect kick landed straight to Pavi who guided it in the goal without any fuss and the whole SJOBA contingent burst in to cheers with their hands up in the air.

The match ended with Principal Mrs. Kavita Das presenting the Bro. Meredith Trophy to SJOBA and as tradition goes Ranjit and Golly Sir presented the trophy back to the School team. 

Scenes on the sidelines were more entertaining with Old Boys Vineet Khurana, Rahul Datta, Pritpal Singh Matharu, Nar Singh ( who came up from Delhi specially for the match) and Kanwar Walia recounting various incidents from their time spent in the school. In what was a fitting end to a match which was characterized by brotherhood, camaraderie and excellent sporting spirit both the teams sat down to enjoy a wonderful snack box and chilled lassi.

Celebrating Teachers' Day

Someone has rightly said "A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light to make the way for others."

So to acknowledge the respect, the dedication and the love given by our teachers to us, on September 5, 2011, SJOBA arranged for a movie show for all the teachers of St John's, followed by Lunch at Kava.

The SJOBA Executive extended  a warm welcome to all the teachers with roses.

In the end, Mrs.Kavita Das, Principal St John's, thanked SJOBA for the gift in the form of a very enjoyable outing.

At Kava, the teachers enjoyed the food as also danced to some peppy tracks, ending the day on a very memorable note.

New team takes over for 2011-12

In the AGM held on August 7, 2011, Shivneet Singh took over as  the President of SJOBA for the year 2011-12.

The other office bearers include: Vice Presidents: Sanjeev Kumar, Vineet Khurana and Dr Rahul Datta; Treasurer: Rajesh Bansal; Secretary: Hemant Kaushal; Joint Secretarys: Gagan Sekhon, Rahul Gulati and Shivam Garg.  They are supported by a team of 20 Executive Committee members. 

Commenting on his selection as President, Shivneet Singh said, “This is a great responsibility and my team and I will make sure that we keep the SJOBA flag flying high and live up to the aspirations of our highly dedicated members.”

SJOBA Secretary Hemant Kaushal motivated young SJOBA members to come forward for all events and volunteer because the bonding and camaraderie have always run thick in SJOBA’s veins.

SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament - Result Day 3 & 4

DAY 3
1st Match:
COLTS - 58 for 4 in 10 overs
TIGERS - 50 for 5 in 10 overs

2nd Match:
LIONS - 53 for 6 in 10 overs
KINGFISHERS - 47 all out in 9.5 overs

3rd Match:
HOUNDS - 57 for 7 in 10 overs
TARANTULAS - 58 for 1 in 9 overs

4th Match:
SEAGULLS - 32 for 8 in 10 overs
SCORPIONS - 33 for 1 in 5.2 overs

5th Match:
JAGUARS - 53 for 7 in 10 overs
STALIONS - 36 for 8 in10 overs

DAY 4
1st Match:
Hounds - 37 all out in 7.5 overs
Kingfishers - 38 for 3 in 7.3 overs

2nd Match:
Tarantulas - 61 for 4 in 10 overs
Colts - 55 for 8 In 10 overs

3rd Match:
Lions - 62 for 5 in 10 overs
Tigers - 59 all out in 10 overs

4th Match:
Jaguars - 51 for 8 in 10 overs
Panthers - 48 for 3 in 10 overs

5th Match:
Scorpions - 45 for 7 in 10 overs
Sharks - 46 for 3 in 9.3 overs

SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament - Result Day 2

1st Match:
Stallions - 49 for 4 in 10 overs
Scorpions - 52 for 1 in 9 overs

2nd Match:
Jaguars - 79 for 5 in 10 overs
Seagulls - 63 for 6 in 10 overs

Due to rain, the last 3 matches were reduced to 8 overs a side.

3rd Match:
Sharks - 65 for no loss in 8 overs
Panthers - 22 all out in 7.3 overs

4th Match:
Kingfishers - 48 for 5 in 8 overs
Tigers - 49 for 3 in 7.4 overs

5th Match:
Hounds - 51 for 3 in 8 overs
Colts - 52 for 1 in 6 overs

SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament - Result Day 1

1st Match:
Lions - 67 for 6 in 10 overs
Tarantulas - 45 for 9 in 10 overs

2nd Match:
Hounds - 47 for 7 in 10 overs
Tigers - 47 for 7 in 10 overs
Super Over:
Tigers - 10 for 2
Hounds - 4 for 2

3rd Match:
Seagulls - 47 for 6 in 10 overs
Sharks - 48 for 1 in 8 overs

4th Match:
Panthers - 51 for 8 in 10 overs
Stallions - 52 for 3 in 10 overs

5th Match:
Kingfishers - 32 for 8 in 10 overs
Colts - 34 for 1 in 5.1 overs

SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament - Teams

SEAGULL			SHARKS			COLTS
NAME			NAME			NAME
ANMOL SINGH	2009		RANJIT BAJAJ	1995		VIKRAM BANSAL	1988
HARDIK JHAJJ	2009		GUNDEEP SINGH	2000		PUNEET MAHAJAN	1988
ISHAAN CHAHBRA	2009		SIDDHANTH SANDHU	2006		SUMIT BAHL	1996
SHAURYA ARORA	2009		ARJUN BEHL	2003		RAHUL SHARMA	1996
BIRFATEH GILL	2009		RAJAT BHALLA	2003		SIDDHARTH GUGLANI	1998
HITESH BHATIA	2009		RAJIV SOOD			SATKAR DEEP SINGH	1998
ABHINAV NEGI	2009		ANGAD SINGH	2007		GURLOVE SINGH	2000
SIDDHARTH PHUTELA	2009		TEJWINDER SINGH GILL	2002		PRATEEK YADAV	2008
JAGRIT PATHANIA	2009		AMRINDER SINGH	2005		HARVIR S. SETHI	2008
SAURABH VERMA	2009		AMANPREET SINGH	2005		ROHAN KHURANA	1997
PRADEEP BAJWA			ABHAY KAUSHAL	2004		HARIT SHARMA	1997
AMAN CHOPRA	1989					SANJEEV SHARMA	1982
PANTHERS			HOUNDS			KING FISHERS
NAME			NAME			NAME
GURASEES SINGH	2008		AISHAN RANDHAWA	2010		ABHISHEK DHAWAN
MAYANK	2008		SIMRAN SANDHU	2010		HEMANT KAUSHAL	2001
KARAN BAJAJ	2008		ADESH PANU	2010		TARUN BAJAJ	2002
ARJUN MAHAJAN	2008		JAI GUPTA	2009		ANIMESH SHARMA	2001
ARJUN KHANNA	2008		SAMREET LEGA	2009		MOHIT DHAWAN	1978
SAKSHAR	2008		DAANISH	2010		HITESH PRUTHI
SIDDHANT SHARMA	2008		RISHABH GUPTA	2010		INDER PAL SINGH	2004
SADEEV	2008		GAURAV PATWALIA	2010		UJWAL SAHNI	2008
ANKIT	2008		AKSHAY MITTAL	2009		GUNPREET SINGH	2001
TP SINGH	1978		HIMANGAT SINGH	2010		ANGAD SINGH
ASHWANI CHANDNA	1982		KANWAR WALIA	1984		GURKIRAT SINGH
SIDHARTH	2008		SANDEEP BHARGAVA	1983		INDERJEET SINGH
SCORPIONS			TIGERS			STALLIONS
NAME			NAME			NAME
RAMAN			PRANAY JAIN	2008		DEVABSH SINGAL	2009
AASHRAY			DHRUV JAIN	2004		SHIVAM WALIA	2009
ANUJ			SIDHANT JAIN	2007		NITISH PESHAWARIA	2009
KANISHK GUPTA			MANAN KHATTAR	2008		AMAN MONGA	1990
ABHINAV MOHANTY			CHRITARTH PALLI	2008		PAVAN KHAITAN	1984
JASKARAN			UTKARSH	2008		MEHRAB GREWAL	2009
KARTIK SHARMA			KANAV CHAWLA	2007		AAYUSH DAWRA	2009
AAKARSHAN			RISHABH JAIN	2008		MAYANK	2009
VIVEK ATRAY			GAUTAM KHANNA	1984		ASHMEET KOHLI	2009
SWADHEEN			A. KAPOOR	1987		NAVDEEP BAJAJ	2009
GAURAV PAL			UDIT MITTAL	2005		JAI INDER	2009
SARTAJ RANDHAWA			DEVJYOT  SINGH SAMLOK	2008		MITHLESH VERMA	2009
LIONS			JAGUARS			TARANTULAS
NAME			NAME			NAME
GAGAN THUKRAL	2005		VAIBHAV	1999		YASH KADYAN	2010
NAGENDRA SINGH	1983		ABHISHEK CHHABRA	1995		IKNOOR SINGH	2010
ATUL CHOPRA	1977		SAURABH TALWAR	1999		ABHIN GUPTA	2010
VINAYAK BAHL	2005		VISHAL SONI	1999		EASHAN CHAUFLA	2010
SHALABH JAIN	2002		RAJAT TALWAR	2000		PRITAM SINGH PARDESI	2010
ABHIMANYU	2005		ARJUN TALWAR	2002		VISHWAJEET SINGH	2010
SHIVEN	2006		ANURAG CHOPRA	1998		SAMEER GUPTA	2010
AMBAR SHANTE	2006		ANKIT JUNEJA	2000		DARSHPREET SINGH	2010
ARYAN CHADHA	2006		AAYUSH SONI	2007		JASMEET SINGH	2007
AKSHAY VERMA	2000		AYUSH GUPTA	2008		RUPINDER SINGH	1977
SHIVAM GARG	2008		SAMEER MADAN	1989		RAJESH KUMAR JAIN	1978
VARUN GUPTA	2006		GAURAV TALWAR			ADITYA BANSAL	2010

SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament 2011 - Match Schedule

Match Schedule for SJOBA Parabolic Cricket Tournament May 2011
Timings (p.m.)	DAY 1		DAY2		DAY3
4:00 - 5:25	Lions	Tarantulas	Scorpions	Stalions	Tigers	Colts
5:30 - 6:55	Tigers	Hounds	Jaguars	Seagulls	Lions	Kingfishers
7:00 - 8:25	Sharks	Seagulls	Panthers	Sharks	Tarantulas	Hounds
8:30 - 9:55	Stalions	Panthers	Kingfishers	Tigers	Scorpions	Seagulls
10:00 - 11:25	Kingfishers	Colts	Hounds	Colts	Stalions	Jaguars
REST FOR	Scorpions		Lions		Panthers
	Jaguars		Tarantulas		Sharks
Timings (p.m.)	DAY4		DAY 5		DAY6
4:00 - 5:25	Kingfishers	Hounds	Panthers	Seagulls	Jaguars	Sharks
5:30 - 6:55	Tarantulas	Colts	Stalions	Sharks	Scorpions	Panthers
7:00 - 8:25	Lions	Tigers	Scorpions	Jaguars	Stalions	Seagulls
8:30 - 9:55	Panthers	Jaguars	Lions	Colts	Tarantulas	Kingfishers
10:00 - 11:25	Scorpions	Sharks	Tarantulas	Tigers	Lions	Hounds
REST FOR	Stalions		Kingfishers		Tigers
	Seagulls		Hounds		Colts
GROUP A			GROUP B
A1	lions		B1	scorpions
A2	taran tulas		B2	stalions
A3	kingfishers		B3	panthers
A4	tigers		B4	jaguars
A5	colts		B5	sharks
A6	hounds		B6	seagulls

SJOBA Vs St John's Cricket Match

The much awaited SJOBA Cricket Match has been scheduled for January 26, 2011. There will be two matches this time, St. John's vs. SJOBA-A and St. John's vs. SJOBA-B.

The practice sessions will be held on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of January, from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in the School Grounds and it is compulsory to attend these sessions. You are requested to bring your own equipment (bats, balls, etc.) for the practice sessions.

For further information contact Pritpal Singh Matharu (Hon. Secretary) on 9888388813 or Vinayak Bahl on 9876552184.