Apologies.
I had set aside this blog for ages for no reason at all.
Or was it because the Alumni had not warmed up.
It now has and Asha from San Thome keeps feeding me all the news that the alumni and the School generate.
The Sports Day was held on campus in August ( Apologies again for posting late).
Asha and her team joined the nuns and the management and teachers to lend a hand.
That our Sports Day has had to be reduced to an event to the small ground inside the school says a lt about the decline of sports in all our schools and at St Anthony's.
In the 70s and 80s, the school had its own sports heroes - in athletics, volleyball, TT and cricket. And almost all senior students were aware of these sportspeople.
One person who made Sport the domain of St Anthonys was Miss Neaves - admin, coach and judge, Neaves set the tone and ensured our school was up there even if we lost out to the Big Daddies like St Bedes and St Marys and Don Bosco.
I used to have the shot put and discus simply because of my weight and not because I was a great athlete. I loved TT. But our team mates like C K Murali and Seftin Bernard and John and the like worked and acted like sportspeople. Khaja and the rest led the cricket brigade.
So when some of us heard about the campus-run Sports Day we were sad.
The march past, the drill and the games held this year were neat and nice. But there is now a need to develop sport here and promote some games seriously.
Alumni C K Valson now a international athletics official who was at London for the Olympics had promised help and guidance - we must take it forward. Perhaps build a small TT and badminton team which can play the city tourneys? A small athletics team that can shine in meets?
Meanwhile, Rajaratinam Stadium, managed by City Police in Egmore where we had all our meets, has been reduced to a Police Office and Quarters space. A sore sight for sports alumni like us!
Perhaps it is also time to institute a trophy in memory of Miss Neaves. Anybody has ideas to share? Any leads on Miss Neaves' family in Chennai?
I had set aside this blog for ages for no reason at all.
Or was it because the Alumni had not warmed up.
It now has and Asha from San Thome keeps feeding me all the news that the alumni and the School generate.
The Sports Day was held on campus in August ( Apologies again for posting late).
Asha and her team joined the nuns and the management and teachers to lend a hand.
That our Sports Day has had to be reduced to an event to the small ground inside the school says a lt about the decline of sports in all our schools and at St Anthony's.
In the 70s and 80s, the school had its own sports heroes - in athletics, volleyball, TT and cricket. And almost all senior students were aware of these sportspeople.
One person who made Sport the domain of St Anthonys was Miss Neaves - admin, coach and judge, Neaves set the tone and ensured our school was up there even if we lost out to the Big Daddies like St Bedes and St Marys and Don Bosco.
I used to have the shot put and discus simply because of my weight and not because I was a great athlete. I loved TT. But our team mates like C K Murali and Seftin Bernard and John and the like worked and acted like sportspeople. Khaja and the rest led the cricket brigade.
So when some of us heard about the campus-run Sports Day we were sad.
The march past, the drill and the games held this year were neat and nice. But there is now a need to develop sport here and promote some games seriously.
Alumni C K Valson now a international athletics official who was at London for the Olympics had promised help and guidance - we must take it forward. Perhaps build a small TT and badminton team which can play the city tourneys? A small athletics team that can shine in meets?
Meanwhile, Rajaratinam Stadium, managed by City Police in Egmore where we had all our meets, has been reduced to a Police Office and Quarters space. A sore sight for sports alumni like us!
Perhaps it is also time to institute a trophy in memory of Miss Neaves. Anybody has ideas to share? Any leads on Miss Neaves' family in Chennai?
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