SAVIO HOOP CUP TOURNAMENT

On the 6th & 7th March 2010, Fr. Crispino D'Souza, the Principal of St. Dominic Savio High School, Andheri, organized a Savio Hoop Basketball Tournament in Mumbai at the basketball courts of the school. There were nine girls teams and ten boys teams that participated in the  Under 13 tournament. The purpose of the tournament was to encourage young talent in basketball so that one day there would be good players in the game who would be selected to play for the State, the Nation and perhaps also for NBA.

Fr. Crispino D'Souza welcoming the participants

Fr. Godfrey D'Souza adding a few more words of welcome

The girls teams were:

St. Anthony's; JB Vacha (Wadala); St. Paul's (Parel); Vibgyor; Cathedral A (Fort); Cathedral B (Fort); Canosa (Andheri); Auxilium (Wadala); & Divine Child (Marol);

Divine Child Team, Andheri

Auxilium Convent, Wadala

St. Paul's, Parel

Cathedral A Team, Fort

Vibgyor

JB Vacha Team, Wadala

Cathedral B Team

St. Anthony's, Chembur

Canossa Team, Andheri

The boys teams were:

Don Bosco A (Matunga); Don Bosco B (Matunga); Our Lady of Perpetual Succour; Dominic Savio (Andheri); St. Joseph's (Wadala); Vibgyor; St. Mary's (Mazagaon); PG Garodia; Cathedral (Fort); & IES.

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Team

St. Dominic Savio Team, Andheri

Vibgyor Team

St. Mary's ICSE, Mazagaon

IES Team

Don Bosco A Team, Matunga

PG Garodia Team

Don Bosco Matunga, BTeam

St. Joseph's Team, Wadala

The games began on Saturday 6th March and the finals were played on the 7th March.
In the girls section, St. Anthony's girls team won the trophy while Divine Child came in the runner's up and Vibgyor came in the third place. Cudos to St. Anthony's Girls team for winning the trophy.

St. Anthony's Girls Team won the trophy

Divine Child, Marol were the runner's up

PG Garodia were the winners in the boys section

Don Bosco A Team were the runner's up

St. Joseph's Wadala took the third place.

The youngsters were encouraged to participate in the forthcoming tournaments that would take place every two months to help them increase their love for the sport and also help them get better as players. It was also an encouragement to meet other budding players and come to know one another just making more friends in the field.