Delhi Public School, Bhopal, won the Inter DPS Basketball Boys Tournament by defeating DPS Jaipur, in a scintillating and nail biting final match, 52 - 36. With this victory DPS Bhopal qualifies for national-level basketball tournament conducted by DPS Society in the month of November.
Earlier in the day, the first semi-final was played between DPS Jaipur and DPS Ahmedabad, which was won by DPS Jaipur. In the second semi-final, DPS Bhopal won against DPS Udaipur.
The match was followed by a grand closing ceremony in which all the young achievers were felicitated. The chief guest of the ceremony was Mukhtiyar Singh, head coach, SAI, Indian Coach for Asian Games and the guest of honour were Kirti Goswami and Amit Kanerjee, member of Indian Basketball team. The other dignitaries included Vinita Malik, vice-principal, DPS Kolar Road, headmistresses and coordinators of DPS Bhopal.
Parvinder Singh Gill, DPS Jaipur in Jersey No. 8 was adjudged as best scorer, while the player of the tournament award went to Ayush Bisen, DPS Bhopal, Jersey No. 7.
Ajay K Sharma, Principal, DPS Bhopal, in his address, rendered his gratitude to the dignitaries, congratulated the winners and exhorted the teams to apply the same virtues of sportsmanship in life as well. This was followed by the prize distribution ceremony. The chief guest then felicitated the players for their marvellous performance. In his address, he acknowledged the efforts of the players at the game and motivated them to continue with the zealous participation and fair game. He also appreciated the quality of sporting facility and the staying arrangements provided by DPS Bhopal in this tournament.
DPS Bhopal Team: Ayush Bisen (Captain), Abhigaya Verma, Surya Narayan Bajpai, Karan Malik, Mohd. Altamash Q, Shivaditya Rathi, Rohit Daniel, Rishi Khandelwal, Abhinav Jain, Ashutosh Singh, Anshuman Vikram, Rudraksh Mehta, Coach - Mohd Shafi Khan. The big event concluded by the report presented by Pankaj Kumar Das, HOD PE Department and vote of thanks by Atishya Awasthi, President, Student Council.