St Paul’s basketball tourney gets off to a thrilling start

The Rev Brother Jagan Mohan Reddy and Rev Brother Ravi Kumar 1st Memorial Inter-school Basketball Tournament-2015 got off to an exciting start when Geetanjali Devashala School, Secunderabad, prevailed over St Joseph’s Public School, King Koti by a narrow 7-6 margin in the Hyderguda premises of St Paul’s High School here on Wednesday.

Earlier, the three-day tournament was inaugurated by veteran national spiker G R Kiran, Senior Public Relations Manager, TSRTC, who is also an alumni of the host school. Principal of St Paul’s High School Rev Brother Sudhakar Reddy, Vice-principal Rev Brother Rayappa Reddy and senior Brother Berchmans graced the occasion.

In a brief address Kiran exhorted the students to stay physically fit by taking up an outdoor sport, which would also make them mentally stronger and help brave future challenges. According to the organisers 37 premier schools from twin cities are participating in the tournament. Results second round-Boys:

Oakridge bt St Joseph’s (King Koti) 43-6;Little Flower HS bt Madina 16-7; Geetanjali bt All Saint’s 23-7; Future Kids bt St Patrick’s 34-21; All Saint’s ‘B’ bt Little Flower, Uppal 17-7; All Saint’s ‘B’ bt Future Kids 19-9; Oakridge International bt Little Flower Abids 35-15;Girls: Future Kids bt Little Flower Abids 14-2; Geetanjali Devasala bt St Joseph’s (King Koti) 17-16; All Saint’s bt Little Flower Uppal 19-17; Holy Family bt St Ann’s (Vijayanagar Colony) 18-10.