CIMA SPORTS FEST - 2021

The School of Business and Management organized a CIMA Sports Fest from 3rd December 2021 to 9th December 2021 in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus.

 Day 1

Like every year, this year too, our department has organized the CIMA sports fest with grand splendour. The host for the occasion, Shambhavi Khare, welcomed Father, Director, Jossy P George, Academic Coordinator, MBA, Father Arun Antony, Dr Becky M Thomas, HoD, MBA, the faculty members and the students with utmost enthusiasm.

Father Director addressed the students and made them aware of the importance of extracurricular activities. The first sports event to be held was - badminton. It started with a match between Knights and Samurais, followed by Vikings and Spartans. The next two matches were between Vikings and Spartans, and then Saprtants vs Samurais. Two semifinals were also played before the much-awaited finals. Samurais emerged as the winners in both boys’ (Sanju & Rinoy) as well as in girls’ (Varshini & Himakshi) finals. The referees for the same were Sebin Saji & KP Shreyas. Thus a joyful day came to an end and everyone returned with a heart full of memories.

Day 2

The next sports event was basketball. The first match was between the Vikings and the Knights. The players from Vikings were Rehan Patel, Rikin Renny, Abin Roby, Reetam Datta, Vitish J, and Visak Rooban and the players from Knights were Sahil Pradeep, Aju Abraham, Melvin Domanic, Alen K Joy, Vriddhi Goyal, Madhan S, Ronit Kumar and Rahul R. The Vikings and Knights had 4 points and 6 points in the first quarter respectively. In the second quarter Vikings led 9 -3. The third quarter of the match was again taken over by the Knights who scored 7 points followed by the Vikings who scored 4 points. The 4th quarter led to a tie of 18 with a score of 5 points by the Vikings and 2 by Knights. This was followed by overtime resulting in a win for the Knights. It was an incredible match. The players played with immense vigor and energy.

The second match was between Spartans and Samurais. The players from Spartans were Leander Sequeira, Sebin Saji, Adnan A Durwesh, Alen S Kokkattu, Rehan Mathew Kuruvilla, Aby Alex, and Rashmi Anchi. The players from Samurais were Abru Shaju, Rinoy A M, Joel Biju Thomas, Sanju Jose, Rohan K Matthew, Sheryas KP, and Naman Pandey. The game commenced with the Spartans taking over the Samurais. The 1st quarter saw both the teams scoring 4 points each. In the next quarter, both the teams were able to score 2 points each as Sanju from Samurai and Leander from Spartans scored for their respective teams. In the 3rd quarter, the Samurais managed to score 4 points. In the 4th and the final quarter, Spartans scored 3 points winning the match by 15-10.

Day 3

On the third day of the event, the volleyball court saw all players ready to display their skills and passion. The first match was between Spartans and Vikings and the scores were 15 and 10 in the first round and 15 and 8 in the second round respectively, making Spartans the winners of the first match. The enthusiastic audience was there to cheer the players.

The second match was between Knights and Samurais and the scores were 5 and 15 in the first round, 15 and 6 in the second round, and 15 and 7 in the third round respectively making Knights the winners of the second match. The energy displayed by players of all the clans was remarkable. At this point, the players were completely engulfed in the match.

The final match was between Spartans and Knights, having three rounds. The first round was won by Spartans with a score of 15 against 7, the second round was won by Knights with a score of 15 against 8. After the second round, the match was at its most intense stage. The game kept the audience involved till the end. Every hit was backed by applause. Finally, Spartans won by 4 points having a score of 15 against 11. The event was a huge success in every respect. It was a great experience for the players and the students in the audience.

Day 4 & 5

Exhilarating football matches were held on days 4 & 5. The first match was between Spartans and Vikings and Spartans won the first match with a score of 3 against 1. The match was full of vigor and excitement. The second match was between Knights and Samurais with 5 penalties making the Samurais win the second match with a score of 2 against 1.

All were present in the stadium to witness the much-awaited final match. It was between Spartans and Vikings, Spartans gripped full control over the game and won the final match with a score of 1 against 0. All the members of the clans gave the best of their efforts and displayed their excellent skills and performance.

Day 6

On day 6 of the event, the much-awaited basketball final was held between the Knights vs. the Spartans. The players for Knights were Sahil, Ajju, Vriddhi, Melvin, Madhan and Rahul R and the players were Adnan, Sebin, Leander, Aby Alex and Allen K. The match started at 5:30 PM with Leander making a basket. Then, Sahil missed a basket followed by Allen missing one too. Sahil l successfully scored a basket, followed by one basket each by both Sahil and Leander. Next, Sebin scored a basket followed by Vriddhi and Leander scoring a basket each for their respective teams. Sahil missed two baskets which ended the first quarter of the match with a score of 9-10.

The second quarter started with Sahil and Leander scoring a basket each. Leander scored three consecutive baskets for his team accompanied by another basket from his teammate Allen. The second quarter ended with a score of 13-21. The leading players for the third quarter were Sahil and Leander in which they scored one and two baskets respectively. The score after the third quarter was 15-25. The fourth quarter started with a bang when Sebin scored a basket followed by Sahil’s two consecutive baskets. Another basket was scored by Adnan and Leander which led to the Spartans winning the match with a score of 22-33 after the fourth quarter.

Day 7

The longest awaited event was cricket, one of the most favorite sports. Following the rules and rituals, the match started with a toss between the team’s first to get onto the battlefield –the Samurais and the Vikings. The Samurais chose to ball and the Vikings to bat. With tons of mixed feelings of stress and excitement the match began. The silence in the field was waiting to be disturbed by the hit of the bat and ball. The Samurais had strategically covered the ground to field making it challenging for The Vikings to score. But they, being the warriors too, didn’t leave any stone unturned and performed their best. The Vikings made 56 runs in eight overs and gave a target of 57 runs to their opponents – the Samurais.

Day 8

The last event was the cricket match between the two clans- Spartans and Samurais. It was a very intense match. Both teams performed extremely well. The match started off with Spartans on strike. The players did not seem bothered or nervous and played like it. Their batting style was aggressive and they played offensively. The samurais however came to play because they were able to counter the opponent with their strong defense. By the end of the first innings, Spartans were all out and managed to score 20 runs.

The start of the second innings gave a chill to the crowd as the two titan clans marched to the field for a chance to win. The target was set at 21. Samurais had 6 overs to tackle the target and win the match, the target may have seemed easy to score but the tricky terrain and the fielding of the Spartans said otherwise. Spartans were showing their rivals why they were called Spartans but the Samurais fought back. The battle was fought well but alas there can only be one victor. After several deliveries and a beautiful 6 hit by the samurais, they emerged victoriously. The match was well played by both teams. The Samurais managed to pull off a much-deserved win.

It should be noted here that due to rain and other unavoidable circumstances, some matches had to be postponed and the last day of the event was 15th December 2021 instead of 9th December 2021. Overall, the event was quite successful due to sincere efforts of clan leaders, student volunteers, and faculty coordinators. The students had a great lesson in team building and leadership skills during the event.