2009 - THE YEAR OF SUMPOORNA BASKETBALL - FIRST CAMP AT JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, YENIGADALE, CHINTAMANI TQ, KOLAR DISTT.

SUMPOORNA is going places - YENIGADALE in Chintamani Taluk to be specific. Nothing makes me more angry than the fact that there is a basketball court and NO PLAYERS! Sumpoorna will change this. We will travel as much as it takes to see that every primary school has a shooting ring; every high school has a shooting board and every pre university college has a basketball court.

LUCKILY FOR US - IT SEEMS MOST OF THE JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya's dynamic principal Mrs. Vijay Kumari has invited SUMPOORNA for a THREE DAY basketball training camp. Twelve children will travel with me for demonstrating the beauty of this game and create more than 100 players in the school.

Playing basketball - training basketball players - creating basketball infrastructure - AND NOW travelling basketball camps! From 1st Jan to 3rd Jan, 2009 the basketball court of Yenigadale will reverbate with the sound of the bouncing basketballs. The year of SUMPOORNA BASKETBALL - 2009 - has begun with a bang!

BASKETBALL ! BASKETBALL! BASKETBALL!

Can a basketball player ever have enough of Basketball? The answer is NO - NO - NO.

So, from 26th to 30th December there will be a camp at SUMPOORNA.

Then FIVE BOYS and FIVE GIRLS will assist me in a camp at Yenigadale {Kolar Distt} from 1st Jan to 3rd Jan.

AND, of course, the Basket ball tournament from 9th Jan to 11th Jan in TUMKUR.

The only way to end an year is to play basketball and the only way to begin an year is to play still more basketball.

LET 2009 BE THE YEAR OF SUMPOORNA BASKETBALL.

TUMKUR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BY SUMPOORNA

I have been literally flooded with phone calls - messages and what not; all asking one question WHEN IS THE NEXT TOURNAMENT. Here is the answer!

It will be conducted on any two days from 9th Jan to 11th Jan, 2008. Details are being worked out. I hope to post them within 2 or 3 days.

I hope I will get lesser calls now. THANKS FOR YOUR `JOSH' BOYS!

THE `NEW YEAR' BASKETBALL CAMP - PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR 2009

SUMPOORNA `2009' - the camp to plan activities for the whole year will be from 25th December to 31st December. If you wish to be part of the `volunteer force' of our organization, you can contact me.

Since we are upgrading the infrastructure at SUMPOORNA, this may well be the last camp till 31st March, 2009. Camps will begin from April onwards. Schools' who wish to utilise our facilities will be registered between 1-1-2009 to 31-3-2009. Individual students must contact Mr. Arunodaya Kumar of St.Mary Kannada School, Gandhinagar, Tumkur.

WHEN IS THE NEXT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN TUMKUR DISTT?

For two days, I ran up and down the court, whistling at fouls, cautioning very aggressive players and watching the metamorphosis of a very young basketballing district into something of a reckoning. MY CUP OF JOY FILLETH. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can take the place of a real tournament which `bloods' young basketball players.

So, no wonder, you keep asking even before the dust settles on the SARGANTINE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - WHEN IS THE NEXT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN TUMKUR DISTRICT? I, Subhash Mahajan, promise my young basketball players this - VERY SOON! It was a joy to see you play this beautiful game - this game that I love - this game that I live.

To be able to play matches not only `school wise' or `college wise' - but also mix the players in different ways to LEARN THIS GAME - you are advised to give your Name, address and contact phone number to my friend Mr. Arunodaya Kumar - St. Mary Kannada Primary School, Gandhinagar, Tumkur on or before 20-12-2008. The inauguration of Tumkur Distt. Basketball Players' Association will also be done in the coming days.

SARGANTINE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT was possible because of YOU - THE BASKETBALL PLAYER OF TUMKUR DISTT. All of us - CSI tumkur dignitaries, Bishop Sargent authorities, St. Mary School PE teachers, Sumpoorna volunteers, Senior basketball players of Tumkur and our well-wishers - enjoyed THE MOVE!

SARGANTINE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-THE WAR TO MAKE INDIA A SPORTING SUPER POWER CAN BEGIN!

Finally, the showdown will begin at 7-30a.m. today. The new RCC basketball court at Bishop Sargant School, Tumkur has attracted more than 44 teams totalling more than 250 students. The figure would have been larger if some schools didn't have `tests'.

In two days, 38 matches will be played - heart-breaks and rejoicing will be a continuous process. The battles will be on for two days. AND AFTER THIS THE WAR TO MAKE INDIA A SPORTING SUPER POWER CAN BEGIN.