BITS set to sweep carroms medals

After 2004, once again BITS, Pilani is set to win all the medals in Carrom tournament. All three teams BITS A, BITS B and BITS C have made it to the last three. While BITS A defated SIES, BITS B won over BITS Goa and BITS C got past SBMJC to book the medals. Carroms captain Kanti Kiran is a happy man and said that the competition as tougher than expected but this year the team had started paracticing very early.Congratualtions to the Carroms team for their success!

TT Updates

BITS A is in finals and will be playing D J Sanghvi at 8PM today in SAC. Earlier, BITS beat SRM Ghaziabad 3-0 and DJ Sanghvi beat MNIT 3-0. A very interesting and entertaining match can be expected at 8pm in finals.

More updates from SAC

AS we move out of the badminton courts into the open, it feels like we are in an air-conditioned lobby or something. I don't know if it is some architectural thing or if badminton requires it but no wonder there is no audience for badminton matches. Poor carrom guys are placed right above the badminton courts and hot air as we all know rises up!

TT update - The BITS girls have won a gold medal! More on it once we can find someone to tell us about it. Right now the TT room is totally empty.

Badminton updates

After carroms, we have moved down to the badminton courts. It is really really hot here at the indoor badminton courts. The girls match between BITS A vs RAIT has just started. Earlier in the day, RAIT defeated the BITS B team.

Unlike the basketball matches where we have a lot of campany around us, we are feeling a bit lonely here. Soumya, my man here just gets some info - there have been no team matches in boys badminton today. The quarters and semis are apparently scheduled to tomorrow.

Carroms Update

We are back live! Right now we are at Students' Activities Centre (SAC). Here are the updates.

Carroms - BITS C vs SBMJC is going on. After 3 games, 2-1 to BITS C. We will update you as the match progresses.

Earlier in the day, BITS B team comprising of 4 people defeated the BITS, Goa team 3-2. BITS Goa was a competitive team to play against says Kantikiran, the captain of the BITS, Pilani team. Karthik emerged as the outstanding player in the match.

Forenoon Results

VOLLEYBALL
Boys-

GIT v/s BITS : BITS won by 2-1

CVS, Delhi v/s SRM : CVS won by 2-1

IPS, Indore v/s YMCA : YMCA won by 2-1


Girls-
BITS v/s DCRUST : DCRUST won by 2-0


FOOTBALL

GIT v/s SIES : Match Draw 1-1

Deshbandhu v/s RJIT, Mumbai : Match Draw 0-0

Vasavi v/s MNIT : Vasavi won 1-0

Zakir Hussain v/s DJ Sanghvi : Zakir Hussain won 3-0


BASKETBALL
Boys-
SKIT beat PEC, Chandigarh

BITS, Pilani beat RAIT


LAWN TENNIS
MNIT beat BITS-'B' 2-1


Plz stay with us to get updates on other sports, and live reports of matches...

BITS team Wins Cricket Match

BITS, Pilani  v/s Deshbandhu

Final Score :

BITS - 168/10(19.5 overs)  bt.  Deshbandhu - 102/9 (20 overs)

12 40 pm

Match state : Lunch

Score: BITS - 168/10   -  19.5 overs.

Anirudh - 76(47) , 4's - 8 ; 6's - 5.

Anantha - 29(27), Vinay - 22(14) 

12 03 pm

Score : BITS  -  118/1 , 12 overs

Anirudh - 69*, Anantha - 24*

Soaked Wet...

photograph courtesy Photography Club


The swimming events for today started off early in the morning, as usual. The lack of participation in the aforesaid events was evident from the low turnout, of the audience as well as the participants.

The Bits-Pilani team claimed 5 golds, 3 silvers, and 4 bronze medals of this morning. Meanwhile, MNIT and SriDevi got hold of 2 bronze and 2 silver medals, respectively. One of the interesting races of the morning was 'Individual Medley' in which the players were supposed to cover 4 laps of the pool in the fastest time, but each of the four laps had to be in a different swimming style. The BITS women team introduced its captain as a participant for the event at the last moment, and surprisingly, the captain Mahima won a gold pretty easily in the race. She completed the race smoothly with a large lead.

After the morning's event were gotten over with, the BITS swimming team had a weird "Plunge everyone into the Pool !!!" session, of which the BEP reporter was made a part of, unfortunately.

We'll bring to you updates regarding the evening run of swimming events later...

IN THE WATER...

The results for the Swimming matches which were held in the morning are as follows---

200 m Freestyle(Men)
Gold - Vishwa Parikh (BITS, Pilani)
Silver - Saurabh (BITS, Pilani)
Bronze - Bibhash (MNIT)

200 m Freestyle (Women)
Gold - Mahima Garg (BITS, Pilani)
Silver - Sonika (GIT)
Bronze -Soumya (BITS, Pilani)

50 m Back Stroke (Men)
Gold - Karthik (BITS, Pilani)
Silver - Gaurav (BITS, Pilani)
Bronze -Bibhash (MNIT)

50 m Back Stroke (Women)
Gold - Sonika (GIT)
Silver - Anisha (Sridevi)
Bronze - Soumya (BITS, Pilani)

200 m Individual Medley(Men)
Gold - Pranav (Vasavi)
Silver - Yadhvesh (DJ Sanghvi)
Bronze - Vishwa Parikh (BITS, Pilani)

100 m Individual Medley (Women)
Gold - Mahima Garg (BITS, Pilani)
Silver - Anisha (Sridevi)
Bronze - Poorva (BITS, Pilani)

800 m Freestyle (Men)
Gold - Vaibhav Sharma (BITS, Pilani)
Sillver - Parth (BITS, Pilani)
Bronze - Rahul (SRM)

Knights

A visit to the BOSM Controlz booth at 3 in the morning showed some people who looked disoriented and sleep-deprived, and who were debating on something furiously. When asked about it, they say that it was some common scheduling problem which happened beacause many of the participants had taken part in multiple sports and their timings were clashing. This forced them to make last-minute modifications to the schedule and that caused trouble........... Now in search of an efficient solution to this problem...!!!

SCHEDULE -- DAY 3 (13th September)

FOOTBALL
6.30 am Zakir Hussain v/s DJ Sanghvi
8.15 am Vasavi v/s MNIT
9.30 am Deshbandhu v/s RGIT
10.45 am SIES v/s GIT
2.15 pm DY Patil v/s NIEC
3.30 pm SRCC v/s RAIT
4.45 pm BITS,Pilani v/s PEC

BASKETBALL
Girls-
8.00 am SRCC v/s DY Patil
5.00 pm KNC v/s LNIPE
7.00 pm Winner v/s BITS,Pilani

Boys-
6.00 am PEC v/s SKIT
7.00 am BITS,PILANI v/s RAIT
9.00 am Zakir Hussain v/s NIEC
6.00 pm LNIPE v/s Winner(2)
8.00 pm Winner(3) v/s Winner(4)

VOLLEYBALL
8.00 am BITS v/s DCRUST
9.00 am KNC v/s Sridevi
5.00 pm DCRUST v/s MITS

Athletics
8.00 am 1500 mts(girls)
4.00 pm 4*400 mts(boys)
4.30 pm 4*400 mts(gorls)

HOCKEY
8.00 am BITS v/s GCA
4.45 am BITS v/s SRCC

LAWN TENNIS
Men-
7.00 am BITS Pilani 'B' v/s MNIT
9.00 am Rajiv Gandhi v/s Group2(first)
5.00 pm BITS Pilani 'A' v/s Group2(second)

Mixed Doubles-
7.00 am Parikshit/Shalu v/s Tridim/Shweta ---- A1
11.30 am Anshul/Manisha v/s Shivangi/Animesh ----A2
11.30 am Suhas/Nikita v/s Winner A1
12.30 pm Saurabh/Ankita v/s Winner A2

CARROM
10.00 am BITS-B v/s BITS-GOA
1.00 pm BITS-C v/s SBMJC
3.00 pm BITS-A v/s SIES,Mumbai

Table-Tennis
11.00 am BITS A v/s SRM Semi-Final 1
12 noon MNIT v/s DJ Sanghvi Semi-Final 2
8.00 pm Finals

CHESS
10.30 am
BITS A v/s MNIT
BITS B v/s Zakir Hussain

BADMINTON
Boys-
3.00 pm,3.30 pm Quarter-Finals
6.00 pm Semi-Finals

Girls-
11.00 am BITS-B v/s RAIT
3.00 pm BITS-A v/s RAIT
5.00 pm BITS-A v/s BITS-B

SWIMMING
7.00 am
200m Free Style(Men) --- Time Trials
200m Free Style(Women) --- Time Trials
50m Back Stroke(Men) --- Heats
50m Back Stroke(Women) --- Heats
200m Individual MEdley(Men) --- Time Trials
200m Individual MEdley(Women) --- Time Trials

5.00 pm
200m Breast Stroke(Men) --- Time Trials
50m Back Stroke(Men) --- Finals
50m Back Stroke(Women) --- Finals
50m Free Style(Men) --- Heats
50m Free Style(Women) --- Heats

Swimming Results Day Two

Here are the results of the Swimming Events on Day Two of BOSM:

50 metres Breaststroke Men
Gold - Ankur Dalal (BITS Pilani)
Silver - Vaibhav Shastri (BITS Pilani)
Bronze - Vishal (DJ Sanghvi)

50 metres Breaststroke Women
Gold - Sowmya (BITS Pilani)
Silver - Pallavi Goel (MITS)
Bronze - Isha Vyas (BITS Pilani)

100 metres Butterfly Men
Gold - Somesh (IPS)
Silver - Pranav (Vasavi)
Bronze - Abhijit Wagh (BITS Pilani)

100 metres Freestyle Men
Gold - Yadhnesh Poddar(DJ Sanghvi)
Silver - Vishwa Parekh(BITS Pilani)
Bronze - Saurabh (BITS Pilani)

100 metres Freestyle Women
Gold - Anisha (Sridevi)
Silver - Sonam (BITS Pilani)
Bronze - Ankita (BITS Pilani)

400 metres Freestyle Men
Gold - Abhijit Wagh (BITS Pilani)
Silver - Prakrit (IPS)
Bronze - Parth Vatsal (BITS Pilani)

4 X 50 metres Freestyle Relay Men
Gold - BITS Pilani 'A': Ankur, Vamsi, Vishwa, Kartik
Silver - BITS Pilani 'B': Abhijit, Gaurav, Saurabh, Parth
Bronze - DJ Sanghvi

Congratulations to all the winners!

Powerlifting Results

Powerlifting - Record Breaking Performance by BITSians...4 golds, 3 silvers won.

Here are the results:

Below 62 kgs:
Gold- Sahil Sharma aka Arnold (BITS)
Silver-Rajat Batra(BITS)

62-69 kgs
Gold-Siddhartha Sankar Sahu(BITS)
Silver-Mithil Aggarwal(MNIT)

69-77 kgs
Gold-Nitesh Goswami aka Saboo (BITS)
Silver-Manish(BITS)

77-86kgs
Gold-Venkat Rao(BITS)
Silver-Pradeep Lamba(MNIT)

86 above
Gold-Dinesh(Zakir Hussain)
Silver-Ankush(BITS)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Chess Schedule for Day 3

Venue: SAC

CHESS (Classical Version):
POOL A: BITS-A and BITS-C qualified for the semifinals
POOL B: Zakir Hussain and MNIT qualified for the semifinals

Semifinal matches schedule:
BITS-A Vs MNIT
BITS-C Vs Zakir Hussain

Congratulations to the teams for making it this far!!

Tennis team's grievance

When we started this blog, the idea was to bring information to you at the earliest and sometimes live. It was also to give your opinions some public space. So when a BITS Tennis team members complained today to us that the panel discussion held yesterday in the Gym grounds distracted them from concentrating on the game and requested that we cover this on our blog we were only glad to do so. We understand his point of view.

Obviously our intention was never to cause any distraction to any sports being played in Gym grounds. However, since the panel disussion was being held for the first time there was no past experience to bank on. The scheduling and the choice of venue were not totally our decisions. Our job was to organize the panel discussion. We will pass on this year's experience so that we can avoid any inconvenience next year.

Issue three Editorial

Sometimes when there is a lot happening all around, when things have moved far from their roots, it becomes necessary to sit back and re-examine the basics and get the perspective right. The purpose of a college sports fest like BOSM is to give opportunity to show sport skills and learn through participating in events. But one cannot help but wonder if there is enough learning happening at this stage. Team-building, gamesmanship, treating the opponent fairly and with respect are all important learning points but so are meeting new people, developing tolerance for diversity in all aspects, broadening the understanding of things. The level of interaction between outstation participants and hosts just do not match up to expectations. But again the question arises – whose expectation? May be we have set the bar somewhere low enough to not bother about it.
Day one is over and so is some part of day two. We have seen some great matches, some forgettable ones. The society’s self created notion of hierarchy in sports is the reason for a lot of imbalances and frustrations. But the effort of BEP has been to cover all sports. Third Base will be back again with more news and views. Till then, play, cheer or jeer but join in anyway!

Panel Discussion

The BEP event, slated to begin at 5:00, got off to a rocky start forty five minutes behind schedule. However, the initial hiccups over the court set-up and the sound systems did not dampen the atmosphere. The panel were on the court and raring to go, even to the extent of beginning the discussion amongst themselves before the event began. The panel comprised Mr.G.K Pillai, CMD of Heavy Engineering Corporation, flown in from Ranchi especially for the evening, Dr. B.R Natarajan, Dean DLPD, the captain of the boys’ table tennis team of BITS, Pilani, Abhijit Kamath and former captain of the BITS girls’ basketball team, Smitha. And interestingly, also present were some of the local sports stars of back in the day- Arjuna award winners, national level players, state champions, winners of the President’s award for athletics- all from in and around Pilani, adding a personal touch to the otherwise formal event. The topic for the discussion was “Revitalizing sports in India- Policy Changes and Campus Involvement.” As the moderator, K.Ramya so perfectly put it, issues like these, however distant they seem, are in reality much closer to home than we realise.

Mr. G.K Pillai is an alumnus who has made BITS proud on the hockey field, playing at the national level in various tournaments. Mr. Pillai, having been active in the sporting society of our country, has an understanding of the situation as it stands today and provided valuable insights. The first thing he stressed on was that many changes must be brought about in the sporting scenario of our country and yet, in our planning of these changes we mustn’t be restricted by expectations of gold medals or instant fame. Dr. Natarajan stressed on the point that playing a sport goes a long way in developing a professional attitude and instils a drive to work hard and succeed; establishing the fact that ‘sport’ encompasses so much in terms of learning experiences.

Coming to the changes that the system must see, the primary point raised seemed to be lack of awareness. The students on the panel voiced their opinion that pressure from society prevents college students to take sport seriously, in turn encouraging an academic curriculum that is not conducive to the kind of training that competitive sport requires. This results in polarisation of the student population, one group purely academic and the other, purely concentrating on a professional sports career. However, Mr.Pillai rubbished the idea of sports quota calling it another method for backdoor entry to institutions.

In conclusion, the panel agreed unanimously that the introduction of some sport in the curriculum of colleges would be a great first step towards ‘revitalizing sport’ in our country, and at a very basic level, learning to take sport seriously. Dr Natarajan, also went to the extent of saying that someday he would like to see graduates from the IISS- the Indian Institutes of Sporting Sciences, a statement that was greeted with much applause from the audience. Ultimately, only when we start viewing sport as a necessary component to lead a healthy and satisfying life and not as an investment with out of proportions return, will we be able to see the real benefits that “play” can give us. Mr. Pillai bid Pilani goodbye on a positive note, saying that creation of awareness was a key factor and the panel discussion itself was a step in that direction. With these thoughts and ideas fresh in our minds, let’s greet the next three days of BOSM with a vigour and enthusiasm worthy of sport in all its vitality.

Fear Factor

Fear Factor, the all-new extreme adventure event organized by BOSM Sponz promises to be one which will keep your adrenalin levels high throughout its duration. The event gives the people who are not involved in the various sporting events a chance to show their physical prowess off the courts. Fear Factor will include activities like Zorbing, Rock Climbing, Flying Trapese and Spider Web. It is being organized by the Wanderlust Adventure Sports India, which is a well established player in this business. These events will commence from the tomorrow, the 13th and might continue for another day if the response is good. Students can sign up for individual events as well. All the participants would be equipped with proper safety gears so safety would be a non-issue. Mess signings for Fear Factor began yesterday and the response has been very encouraging. So if you think you are up to the challenge, go for it.

The newest cousins are here!

The evening of first day of BOSM saw some surprise participants in this fest – a team from the BITS Hyderabad campus. The campus started operations only as late as 28th August, 2008. So essentially in fifteen days time, the campus has sent out students to participate in a fest! The team has come here along with Mr. Gurnam Singh, Physical Director, BITS, Hyderabad campus. It consists of two girls and four boys. They are participating in Table Tennis, Carroms, Chess and Badminton events. Irrespective of their performance here, it is reassuring to see the newest members of BITS, Pilani’s extended network of campuses so eagerly participating in extra curricular activities so soon. The experience will definitely help the accompanying faculty and the students in organizing similar fest in their college. This is in sync with the approach BITS, Hyderabad campus has taken from day one wherein they invited some BITS, Pilani alumni to the orientation to understand how clubs and departments can be promoted on campus.

'Ignition' still in cold

The much awaited cyber gaming event, Ignition has been cancelled again this year. It was originally planned for last BOSM but things did not work out then. This BOSM things looked much better but the Sports Secretary has confirmed that the event cannot happen this BOSM. The main reason given to BEP is that the company with which there was to be a tie up was operating in a manner which was not according to institute’s normal procedures. Another problem was that World Gaming Championship in Delhi was clashing with this event. However, 2 days ago that championship got postponed as well. But now it is too late to work out things and hence the decision to cancel the event. So for all the gaming freaks in Pilani, it is another long year of waiting.