Diwali Sweets Distribution to Support Staff at St John's

First Recce for the SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally 2011

Most sundays are spent sleeping. 17th of October was different for a handful of SJOBA members though. 

The first recce for the SJOBA Thunderbolt Rally 2011 started in the wee hours of a would-be bright and sunny sunday. Two promising vehicles and a combination of young and not so young ex-Johnians tested some rugged and un-tested routes in the sub-Himalayan ranges. After completeing a fair amount of stages, complete with a draft of the road-book and gps tracks, the team reached Koti Resorts for the night, full of dust and exhausted. 

Next morning started early too, sans the Monday morning blues. All pepped up and not willing to have such an early breakfast, the team vroomed off from Koti resorts onto the unknown tracks, having planned a mid-day brunch. As fate would have it, one of the most interesting stages was un-doable because of a landslide so, turning back, the team headed off towards another stage. A quick lunch was followed by more offroading. Due to shortage of time in hand, the team split into two and headed in different directions, finally meeting on the highway in the late hours of the evening. 

After lots of on the spot planning and brainstorming, the seniors in the team decided on a probable route for the rally. After two days of work, fun and bone-rattling rides, a very satisfied team returned to Chandigarh, counting down the days till the next recce.

SJOBA Badminton Tournament

Sh. Ram Prakash Chawla SJOBA Badminton Championship 2010 concluded on October 15, 2010. The Badminton Tournament, which was added to the SJOBA Calender last year as just a mixed doubles event, this time had two categories—a mixed doubles and a men's doubles category.

There were ten teams in each category, split in to two groups each. After three days of non-stop action, the top three teams from each pool then played against the top three teams from the other pool in a second round league. After summing up the cumulative scores, the top 4 teams in both categories went ahead to play the semi-finals on Day 5. This was followed by the Third place matches and the Finals in both categories.

Old Boy Vivek Sood, Batch of 1987 and part of winning mixed-doubles team last year, won in both the categories, with partners Ms. Tarini and Old Boy Atul Chopra from the 1977 batch.

Needless to say, it was a highly action-packed and a very entertaining event.

The final results were as follows:
Mixed Doubles:
1st: Tarini and Vivek Sood (1987)
2nd: Tanu and Ambar Shante (2006)
3rd: Ruchi and Animesh Sharma (2001)

Doubles:
1st: Vivek Sood (1987) and Atul Chopra (1977)
2nd: Animesh Sharma (2001) and Kanwar Walia (1985)
3rd: Ambar Shante (2006) and Sameer Madan (1981)

Three Special awards were given to:
Rajeeve Sood (1976) for being the seniormost participant in the tournament.
Tanu for being the best lady participant.
Bhavesh (2005) for sparing his time and officiating all the matches.

SJOBA Wins Football Match vs St John's

The Annual St. John's vs. SJOBA Football match was played on October 9, 2010, with much zeal and vigour, although the crowd seemed to be a wee bit more disciplined than they should have been. The match kicked off at 9.30 am amidst bright sunny morning.

Amanpreet Singh a.k.a. Boney from the batch of 2005 found the net twice in the first half for Old Boys.

The School team played brilliantly and succeeded in scoring a goal in the middle of the second half, despite goalkeeper Ranjit Bajaj of the 1995 batch doing a wonderful job between the goalposts. 

It was a great match with hardly any fouls. The rolling trophy was presented to the Captain of the SJOBA team, Atul Chopra from the batch of 1977, by the Principal of St John's, Mrs. Kavita Das. 

As custom has it, the trophy was handed back to the School Principal by the SJOBA President Nagendra Singh, to be kept in the School. 

Prize distribution was followed by the much needed refreshments which all were looking forward to after the gruelling but fun match.

SJOBA vs St John's Football Match

Get warmed up and stop hanging ‘em studs around your neck! The school boys are preparing to give us a tough competition at the
SJOBA Vs. St. John’s Football Match 

on October 9, 2010.

SJOBA will hold its Practice Sessions from October 5 to 7, daily at 5:00 pm, at the school grounds.

To ensure that our team puts in a quality show it is mandatory for all those who want to be part of the SJOBA team to attend practice sessions (the school boys are getting better with training from their academy!). Only those members will be included in the team who attend the practice sessions.

To register send an email to secretary@sjoba.in with following particulars:
Name:
Batch:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Position (e.g. Mid-fielder):

Match coordinators:
KUBER MALIK - +91-9501440009
VINAYAK BAHL - +91-9876552184

The Match will be played on October 9, 2010 at 0845 hours. Even if you are not playing, be there to cheer the teams and witness an exciting showdown.

Sh Ram Prakash Chawla SJOBA Badminton Championship, 2010

Dust those sneakers, pull-up your shorts, get your lady partners and be prepared to dance around the court with our sporting event: Sh. Ram Prakash Chawla SJOBA Badminton Championship 2010.

The championship would be played from 11th to 15th October, 2010.

SJOBA promises you fun filled family soirees with great sporting, live snacks counters and lots of chit-o-chat!

The tournament is generously supported by Old Boys Ranjan Chawla and Vivek Chawla, in memory of their father Sh. Ram Prakash Chawla.

So get your partners along and join in the fun; We start accepting entries from Monday, the 20th September, 2010.

There are only 16 slots available in each category, on first come first serve basis.

Participation fee of Rs. 500/- is required to be paid while submitting your form to confirm your team slot.

To Download the Entry Form CLICK HERE
To Download the Rules and Regulations CLICK HERE

The Registration form is to be deposited with Mr. Dhiman at ABC Paper Ltd., S.C.O. 18- 19, First Floor, Madhya Marg, Sector 8- B, Chandigarh (Above Headmasters). The office hours are 1000- 1300 Hrs and 1500- 1700 Hrs.

Only complete forms would be accepted and no change in the team can be made once the entry is received.

The tournament will be held in the auditorium of St. John’s High School, Sector 26 from 1600 - 2200 hrs on the above mentioned dates.

St John's to represent India at World Robot Olympiad

The teams of Elementary and Junior sections of St John's School will be part of the contingent representing India at World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2010 in Manila, Philippines in November 2010. The teams secured the runners-up position in the fifth Indian Robot Olympiad 2010 (IRO) held in New Delhi and this qualified them to be part of the Indian contingent at WRO.

Shamin Aggarwal, Paarth Gauba and Shramay Palta were part of the the elementary category team. Hargunbeer Singh, Aditya Puranik and Angad S. Kataria represented the school in the Junior category. 

The Olympiad is held every year and is open to students in age group 9-17 years.