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St. Germain’s 66th OBA Day celebrated with great gaiety

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Bengaluru: The 66th OBA Day of St. Germain High School started with a mass celebration for present and past students.

It is in all the Germanite blood that the last Sunday of September is an OBA Day. This is one day where the Germanite family meets and enjoys with his old school friends and teachers.

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This year the Annual General Meeting was a short affair. The AGM unanimously elected the present managing committee for one more year.

After the customary photograph of the entire Germanite family, everyone was served a sumptuous food, and beverages till 4.30 PM.

The OBA ended with hot tea and everyone wished each other and promised to be back the next year.

Long live Germanite family.

St. Joseph Indian High School wins St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament

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Bengaluru: The finals of St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament played at KSHA was a gala affair. The prestigious hockey annual tournament was conducted with great pomp and glitter.

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A one of a kind tournament where for the first time in India a school hockey tournament final was being played in floodlights.

A huge crowd of spectators and school children were seen cheering their respective schools.

St. Germain High School, known for its magnificent arrangement lived up to expectation.

There was a guard of honour for the chief guest of the day. Mr. Umakanta Bijapur general manager, Bank of Baroda and to the addition commissioner of police Chandra Shekhar who was the chief guest along with the pride of St. Germain High School and ex captain & coach of Indian hockey team and ex Olympian Jude Felix.

In a thrilling finals played by Rashtriya Military School vs. St. Joseph Indian High School for the juniors. Good display of stamina, skill and speed was displayed by both the teams and in a fast paced game.

RMS beat St. Joseph 2-1 in the last minute thriller through penalty corner.

St. Joseph Indian High School beat St. Joseph brand square 5-0 in a one sided final. St. Germain juniors were placed 3rd and St. Germain seniors were placed 4th.

The tournament was conducted by OBA and sponsored by Bank of Baroda which was a huge success. The credit of organizing the tournament goes to Sydney D’Silva and the OBA team.

The prizes were given by Jude Felix, Bank of Baroda Manager Umakant Bijapur and the principle of St. Germain.

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St. Germain High School hockey tournament in floodlight

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Bengaluru: St. Germain High School, one of the prestigious schools in Bengaluru are having their annual OBA hockey tournament, sponsored by Bank of Baroda.

The tournament has been in inception since 1999 by the OBA of St. Germain High School under the able leadership of the then president Leo Devdas, under who the sports foundation committee was formed and has continued the tournament with the support from the Karnataka State Hockey Association.

The tournament started in 1999 was a huge success and was sponsored by Dr. Thomas Chandy. The tournament, is open to all schools in Bengaluru and many prestigious schools have been taking part in the tournament.

This year, the OBA committee headed by Mani Maran are organizing the hockey tournament. Speaking to Nasheman.in Mr. Maran said that we want to promote school hockey in a big way and we will be having the finals in floodlights. He said this is the first time in India a school hockey tournament final is being played in floodlights.

Rolling trophies for winners & runner ups will be given and certificates to all participating players. Speaking to Nasheman.in, Mr. Krishnamurthy honorary secretary of KSHA said that hockey should be protected and requested the media to highlight hockey and advised students to join the free hockey academy.

The finals will be played on Wednesday 12th August in KSHA stadium starting from 4.30 PM.

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