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October/2023
INTER-SCHOOL BADMINTON!
THE STUDENTS' POINT OF VIEW
‘Many schools participated in this tournament, At the end of the tournament, the Chairman of
and we were one of them. Five teams sports awarded our school 4 trophies and 6
represented our school, VIS. medals. Our five teams left the campus happy
that we had won those awards. When we came
First they called us for a gathering and told us the back to our school, everyone congratulated us.
rules and how the matches would be held. In the
morning, we had a singles match and, in the Kadam (8A) & Srihari (8B)
evening, we had a doubles match.
Krystal and Karunya had practiced for a whole
month for this inter-school badminton
tournament. Unfortunately, Karunya fell ill at the
last moment; so Catherine stepped in for her.
Krystal and Catherine were nervous and tense
since they had never practiced with each other.
On the bus ride to the tournament, everyone was
a bundle of nerves as it was the first tournament
for most of them.
Naturally, they supported each other when any of
The first match was between Kadam and a them from VIS had a match. When it was Krystal
student from another the school in Chennai. The and Catherine's turn, they were nervous and
match was equally well-played by both players, scared. Krystal felt so nervous that she said, "I
but in the end Kadam won. After 20 minutes, was like a cat on hot bricks." Catherine was
Kadam had a match against another school. This impressed by how other people were playing.
match was very tough. Kadam felt that he lost Clearly, they all were experienced players, but
because of his silly mistakes. He was extremely "we didn't give up because we had that fire
disappointed, but hoped to make up for it in the burning inside us that wanted to win the
doubles. tournament." In the beginning, they were in the
lead but, as Krystal put it later, "It ain't over until
After Kadam and Srihari had lunch, they waited the fat lady sings!" Soon enough, the tables turned
to be called for their doubles match. In the first and their opponents gained points, eventually
doubles match, Kadam and Srihari played against winning the match.
two students from another school. This match was In the end they lost the finals and were
easily won. The second match was also an easy announced runners up. However, they were
one. The third match was the finals and turned grateful to have gotten the opportunity to play in
out to be the most difficult match in that a tournament and resolved to aim higher next
tournament. But they played well, won the first time.
two games and clinched the finals! Catherine (8A) & Krystal (8B)
