There is no other place like in the sports arena to
demonstrate and experience the power of pure determination. The reason why we
are so drawn to sports is because of the excitement of two people or teams
facing against each other to see who has greater skill and heart. Every time we
set and go after a goal, a challenge will appear. If you have the mindset of an
athlete, you will see these challenges as you see a more experienced opponent.
They are someone you can go up against to not only to see where you stand, but
to also improve your game. It’s the same with life. When challenges arise, you
must use them to become stronger. This is the only way you can prepare yourself
for even bigger challenges. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward.
With a same mind set we have moved forward by forming teams for different
sports like Swimming, Basketball, Soccer and Tennis after setting up team
practices.
The process of creating strong teams is still under way as
individuals learn to weld together, understand each other’s skills and
communicate. It is our intention to develop strong teams in each of the sports.
Although we have only had the opportunity for limited practice sessions in this
academic year, we have encouraged our teams to participate in inter-school
competitions and gain match experience.
Till date our Team has participated in the following Inter
School competitions:
• Noida
Open Swimming Competition
• Inter
School Swimming Competition at Cambridge School
Noida.
• Our Girls
Basketball Team against Pathways School
Gurgaon
• Boys
Senior School Soccer Team with Lotus Valley School,
Noida 22nd September,
• Boys
Senior Soccer Team against Wood Stock School
Mussoorie on 29th September.
Our two Cricketers Aditya Verma of Form 7 and Advitya Narang
of Form 9 were a part of PATHWAYS YSCE CRICKET TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA to play a
league matches with different schools
around the world from September 4 to September 11, 2012. They had a
great experience of cricket and knowing different culture by staying with a
South Africans family.
Currently we have Team practices as follows:
1. Swimming
– Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
2. Senior
Boys Soccer – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
3. Senior
Girls & Boys Basketball – Tuesday and Wednesday
4. Tennis –
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Once after-school activities are launched in November we
will continue to build up the passion and excitement in sports across the
school.
Deepak Thakur
Physical Education HOD
SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET
TOUR WITH THE YUVRAJ SINGH CRICKET ACADEMY
Along with 12 team members and 3 coaches from Pathways, Aditya Verma of Form 7 and I arrived in South
Africa. I had a wonderful tour.
While in South Africa, the landscape itself was worth
seeing. As we met our hosts, we felt outside our comfort zone already. Most of
us had not experienced so much cold weather earlier. When we arrived, we
plunged into training at St. Stithians College who was hosting all of the
matches on their vast field which would had around 7 pitches!
We played on the pitches in the different weather conditions
that Jo-burg (Johannesburg) had to offer us. The new pitches were a bit
unexpected due to the rain that we had
not expected. After a rather grim 1st day; we were blessed with sunshine but
stuck with the cold. After living in England for 10 years, I felt memories of
the cold, flood back in. However we persevered and resisted the cold and played
some really good cricket.
We met some great individuals including Dr. Ali Bacher as
well as the local coaches which helped us develop our skills in an organized
session on the 3rd day of the 5 we spent there.
Although the result were not as good as we had hoped, we all
played great cricket and made plenty of friends. While we were there, we also
experienced new cuisine and met loads of new people. It was said that Budget
(The Company that sponsored the event) would come back next year and make it an
annual event with the hopes that teams from Australia and England will come
over to play as well.
Advitya Narang
Form 9
Our First Football Match Against Lotus
Valley, Noida
On 22 September, Pathways School, Noida, football team played
a competitive match against Lotus Valley International. We had very little time
to practice but the coach taught us a great deal in those few days of intense
practice .Despite just a few days of practice, the team showed great enthusiasm
and confidence. They were well coordinated and displayed immense team spirit.
The final score was 5-2. Lotus Valley beat Pathways by 3 goals.
The game began with the rival team scoring a goal. However,
the home team scored another one and yet another one and we were leading by one
goal. The lack of experience, since this was our first match against an outside
team did begin to tell. In the second half the rival team scored 3 consecutive
goals.
We were rather disappointed when we lost. However, the
Pathways team firmly believes that it is not the winning or losing that matters
but how you play the game. We may have lost the game but we put in our best and
we thoroughly enjoyed the game. The experience has shown us our weaknesses and
the team is now determined to work on them to ensure that they win the next
match.
Angad Dev Dogra
Form
12
SOCCER MATCH WITH WOODSTOCK SCHOOL, MUSSOORIE
On the 29th
of September our school had a friendly football match against Woodstock School
Mussoorie. The match was played on our home ground and started at 10 am in the
morning. The opponent’s team was much more experienced than us in perhaps every
way as they are an older school as compared to us and have a quite good
football history in the state of Uttrakhand. The main purpose of the match was
to find out our levels and as a practice for further games. Even with them
having all these qualities our football team put up a very competitive match
against them. The score in the first half was 4-1, down against us. Then with
some more hard work by the team we managed to score another one and make it to
4-2 in second half. The goals for us were scored by the team captain Amar
Gautam of Form 12 and our striker Udaiveer Singh of Form 9 but we still credit
the whole team efforts in performing so well. We would like to thank Somorjit
Sir for coaching and getting us ready for such big matches and we hope to work
hard and make his efforts count. Those who were present during the match as
audience, must’ve seen the intensity of the game and how well both the teams
performed.
Amar Gautam
Form 12
