Sports

Be it physical fitness, a healthy mind, or a positive attitude, sports help students with
manifold advantages.


Studies suggest that students who follow sports as a crucial element of their routine
perform better even in academics. Sports ensure strengthened physical, mental and
emotional health of children. School emphasizes sports activities and provide quality
sports facilities as it helps inculcate significant life skills. Sports and physical activity
is a vital part of school education as it lays a strong foundation for a healthy lifestyle
at an early age.


Our institution is not just engaging students in physical activities and games but
provides regular coaching in various games in the morning as well as in the evening
sessions. We start our academic year with summer coaching camp in the month of
April followed by coaching camp at the end of the first term in October as well as the
winter break in December to learn the basic skills of different games.


Vidhya Vihar High School encourages students to participate for Inter-School
Tournament at Taluka Level followed by District and State level in different games
like:

  1. Chess
  2. Tennikoit
  3. Sepak Takraw
  4. Football
  5. Handball
  6. Throwball
  7. Athletics
  8. Karate
  9. Cricket
  10. Tug of War
  11. Rope Skipping.

Our athletes have made us proud by winning various games at Taluka, District, State
and National Levels. Among many, a few of the winning highlights are mentioned
below.


Our students showcased exceptional talent in Tennikot, triumphing as champions in
the U–14 Boys & Girls and U–17 Boys at State Level and U–17 Girls secured 3rd
Place at Inter-School Tennikoit Tournament at State Level in the year 2024 – 2025
Four students from our school participated for the 36th Sub-Junior Tenni-Koit
National Championship 2024-25 which was held at Jammu & Kashmir.


Another feather in the cap is the achievement at the Fit India Quiz in the year 2022 –
2023 & 2023 – 2024. Two students of our school, Mast. Alvan Gama & Mast.
Tanvesh Gaude were felicitated at the Fit India Quiz 2022 Felicitation Ceremony at
the hands of Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs at
Mumbai for bagging 1st place worth Rupees Two Lac Fifty Thousand in India’s
biggest sports quiz event, ‘FIT India Quiz’ 2022 – 2023


In the year 2023 Mast. Alvan Gama and Mast. Shivang Naik bagged 3rd place in
India’s biggest sports quiz event Fit India Quiz 2023 – 2024 worth Rupees Fifty
Thousand.


In the academic year 2023 – 2024, U-14 Girls emerged Champion at Inter-School
Chess Championship at State Level. Our students have also represented Goa State
at the National Level in the game of Chess.


In Athletics our school bagged Overall Best school championship award in U-14
boys’ category at 45th State Athletic Meet.


Mast. Chandan Ghosh bagged best Individual championship in U-14 boys category
by winning 3 Gold medals at 45th State Athletic Meet. He marks his entry in the book
History of Goa Athletics with a New Incredible State record in U-14 boys 400 mtrs
with the record-breaking duration of 55.80 seconds.


Mast. Jeet Deka represented Goa Athletics teams in the National Inter District Junior
Athletics Meet Championship 2024 at Ahmadabad, Gujarat.


Our girls and boys of the U-14 & U-17 categories have created history by eliminating
all the schools in inter-school Handball and Throwball Tournaments 2024 and
emerged as champions held at Mormugao Taluka.


Nurturing feelings of love, care, peace, unity, discipline and a lot more than you may
imagine, sports ensures the holistic development of children and help them build a
strong and confident character. We at Vidhya Vihar High School are committed to
provide better facilities and infrastructure to give our students memorable

experiences that will not only help them achieve in academics but also nurture them
to take up sports as their career.