July 28th was a remarkable day in our school calendar. Sports day at St. Peter’s is the fight between Seasons. The sun shone bright and our playground was adorned with dignitaries, students, parents and teachers.

The President of the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal Mr. S. Selvakumar, a sportsman himself, was our chief guest. He not only lit the Olympic torch, he also lit in our students hearts teamwork, perseverance and hard work. He ended his speech with a punch line: “You must always say ‘I can’ and not ‘Can I?’, and ‘I will’ and not ‘Will I?'”

Present as dignitaries were our Correspondent Mr. Sambabu, our Administrator Mrs. Nirmala Sambabu, our Principal Mr. Michael Joshua, our Director Mr. Rohan and Mrs. Sandra Rohan, and Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, our PTA President.

The March Past was led by our School Cabinet and it was followed by Spring, Autumn, Winter and Summer houses. It was indeed an honour for every participant to represent their house. The March Past not only was a display of uniformity and discipline, it was socially relevant with Spring, Autumn, Winter and Summer houses holding placards on farmers protest, longing to learn, child safety and girl harassment respectively.

Our Physical Education Director Mr. Udayakumar read the school’s sports report. It was a time of rejoicing to hear about the various achievements of our school in sports and games.

It was simply spectacular to watch our junior school children participate in interesting games like: help Mom dry clothes, getting ready to go to school, walking backwards and lemon spoon race.

The rhythm and the coordination in the Mass Drill won the hearts of the audience. Our boys’ performance of Mallakhamb, Silambattam and Pyramid made all of us go WOW. The girls enthralled the spectators with their fusion of Indian and Western dance. The games for the parents and teachers got all our students on their feet cheering.

Medals and certificates were distributed by the dignitaries to our students.

We congratulate the following student who won individual championships in their categories:

U 14 Boys – Jerome

U 14 Girls –  Shalom Nisy

U 17 Boys – Tamilarasan

U 17 Girls – Aathira

U 19 Boys – Mohammed Irshath

U 19 Girls – Maria Suji

It was a time of rejoicing for the Spring house as they bagged the overall championship. Following them came Autumn, Winter and Summer. It was such a wonderful day at Peter’s. We once again congratulate all the participants and winners.

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The Inter-school Zonal competitions in Badminton and Table Tennis were held today at St. Peter’s. The Peterites excelled and emerged victorious in the matches!! 
Here are the results:

Basketball 
Under 14 boys – Winners
Under 17 boys – Winners
Under 19 boys – Winners
Under 14 girls – Runners Up
Under 17 girls – Winners
Under 19 girls – Winners

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Loud cheers, ‘flying’ colours and bursting energy were the order of the day of the Inter house sports meet.

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This article was written by Rino Raphael Joshy of Grade 9

A former Olympic runner once said, “Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.”  Athletics is always encouraged in St.Peters and as a result, the students participated in a recent marathon conducted in the town.

On Saturday, the 25th of February 2017, there was a marathon around the Kodaikanal lake which was conducted by the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal. Many schools in and around Kodaikanal participated in the Lakeathon.

Mr. Praveen, an athletics coach from Chennai, began the Lakeathon by providing a brief introduction on the objective of the event and a few tips to follow while running. Our own St. Peter’s coach Mr. Baskar made all the participants do some warm up exercises before the race and later warm down after the race.

The race took place in three different categories Under 14, Under 17 and Under 19. Our school coach Mr. Baskar trained us well. As a result, in the Under 19 category Vikram G. of Class 11 won second place. Though it was challenging to run around the lake, all participants from St. Peters ran till the end of the race and successfully completed it. This reminds me of a quote that I recently read – Finishing a marathon is a state of mind that says ‘Anything is Possible’.

On completion of the race, prizes were handed over to the winners. Mr. Praveen also advised the participants on how they could relax their muscles after running a marathon and added that one needs to persistently practice running. Finally Rtn. Satha Sathish ended the event with a vote of thanks.

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News Report by  :

Barath Murughaiya, Kevin Lungdoh Lawai, & John Zalawmtganga 

IGCSE students Grade 10

Several successful people are all-rounders who have excelled in academics and sports. St.Peter’s places adequate importance on sports and this can be seen through several sports activities conducted throughout the year. On July 16th, the Physical Education department along with the sports secretaries conducted the Athletic Meet. Students were encouraged to participate in this tournament that includes events like running, shotput, long jump, discus throw and relay races.

The Meet was kick-started by all students taking an oath, which was delivered by the sports Secretary. This ensures everyone is aware of fair play and sportsmanship.
Each House ( Summer, Spring, Autumn and Winter) were allotted a place to be seated, from where students could cheer on their respective house athletes. Every house had athletes for all events, with boys and girls competing separately.
All athletes were motivated by their cheering houses and put their best foot forward in every event. The air was filled with excitement and energy as the competitions were tough and close.

After a half hour break for refreshments, winners were announced. Each winner earned points for their houses, which would eventually be tallied at the end of the year to announce the Best House.

Results of the Athletic Meet:
1st place – Spring House; 2nd place – Autumn House; 3rd place – Summer House and 4th place – Winter House

Everybody left the field with a sense of euphoria and energy that we believe can only be experienced through sports!

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News Report by  :

IGCSE students Grade 10

Barath Murughaiya, Kevin Lungdoh Lawai, & John Zalawmtganga 

Our school has four houses named after each season; Summer, Spring, Autumn and Winter. The house which conducted the basketball tournament held on 7th July, 2016 was Autumn house.

Students belonging to all the four houses participated and each house had to compete against each other. This brought out the competitive spirit in us all!

There were a lot of spectators cheering on their houses since it is exciting to watch friends play and compete against each other. The stadium was noisy but fantastic. The atmosphere was electric with the cheers of the students and the enthusiasm of the participants.

The school management had organized the tournament and the participants were duly briefed about the rules of the game.

We witnessed good sportsmanship by all the players which was the best part of the evening.

We finally came to the most anticipated part of the day which was announcement of the results. The tournament had ended with Summer house clinching first place, followed by Autumn house, Winter house and Spring house respectively.

The games were exhilarating and everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves. It represented what we learn at Peter’s, which is participating is more important than winning or losing. And the spirit of true sportsmanship!

Congratulations to all the four houses for a brilliant game with good team spirit!

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