don bosco high school

The following students of the Primary Section have done us proud in the various Inter-school competitions held till now :

At the F/ N ward competitions held for municipal private aided schools Sahil Thakkar of Std.I A got the 2nd place for the Drawing Competition and Arya Nyayadhish of Std. II A got the 1st Consolation place for the English Elocution Competition.

At the Fellowship Fine Art Circle competitions Rudraksh Lamba of Std. IV A won the Best Male Dancer in The Indian Folk Dance Competition and Nashan D`Souza of Std. IV C won the 1st place for the Mono Acting Competition.

Brainwaves held a Story Telling Competition in Marathi in which Anshuman Killedar of Std. IV A won the 1st place and Advait Kate of Std. IV C won the 2nd place.

The following boys have made us proud at the various Inter School Competitions held

Elocution	NAME	place
English Elocution	Mst. Varun Tanna-IX A(Senior Category)	3rd place
Marathi Elocution	Mst. Saurabh Tawade-IX F (Senior Category) Mst Nived Sawant VIII A (Senior Category)	3rd place 1st Place
Hindi Elocution	Mst. Moksh Chaddha VII A (Junior Category)	3rd Place
Story Telling	Mst. Ayushman IV Mst. Advait IV

On the 26th September, 2011, Don Bosco, Matunga, U-16 team bagged the DSO tournament against St. Joseph’s Wadala, Don Bosco School, defeated St. Joseph’s Wadala by (39-32). The Match being held at Don Bosco’s school, Matunga served as an advantage for the home team.

The Cheering of the students of Don Bosco’s and St. Joseph’s school made the match were lively. “The bame was good” said Rishi a team player from the Winning Team, “We could have done better”. Even though the team won, the coach Sir Manoj felt that the team could have done better the school basket ball team will now represent Mumbai city in their further Matches.

The U/14 Football team won the 'Phoenix Trophy' defeating St. Augustine (Nerul) in the finals, the score being (3-0). Mst Bryce Miranda was adjudged 'Player of the Tournament'.

Sep 5, 2011 - The U/17 Football team were declared Maharashtra State winners of the D.S.O Football Tournament defeating Kolhapur (3-1) in the finals played at Yavatmal (Nagpur) . The goal scorers were Mst. Merrick Fernandes and Mst. Satyam Mishra.

The U/17 Football team were declared the Mumbai City Winners of the D.S.O. Football Tournament defeating Naval Public High School (3-0). Mst Merrick Fernandes and Mst. Floyd Pereira were the goal scorers.

The U/14 Football team were declared Mumbai winners of the Subroto Mukerjee Cup Football Tournament defeating Christ Church (1-0). The goal scorer was Mst. Marc D’souza.

Aug 11, 2011 : Our footballers clinched the MSSA TITLE (Jhaveri Trophy) for the third time in a row in the U-16 division I in a must win game against Bombay Scottish, Mahim with 2-0 Strikers. Merick Fernandes and Satyam Mishra were the goal scorers. This victory has helped us lift our third straight title as well as the ninth in the last 10 years.

Vedant Gudka secured the third place in the English Elocution Competition in which eighteen schools participated.

Balbhavan in a institution which aims at enhancing the creative potential of children by providing them various activities, opportunities and a common platform to interact, experiment create and perform according to their age, aptitude and ability. It offers a barrier free environment with Prasad Chalkar of Std VI D made a space shullte in model making and chose to answer questions on the biology branch and achieved 3rd rank. We are proud of his achievement.

No.	NAME	Gold Medal	Bronze Medal
1	Sach Jankharia	Kata (U/12)
2	Suman Savla	Kumite (U/11)
3	Pratik Jampana		Kumite(U/11)
4	Atharva Ghatkar		Taekwondo(U/11)

Winners Once Again!!

17TH July’ 2011: Our U/14 Basketball players emerged winners defeating Vibgyor High School in the Savio Hoop Cup Level ‘A’ Tournament the Score being 14 – 11. Mahir Shah (9A) was adjudged the valuable Player of the Tournament.

The news that Don Bosco is adjudged ‘Best School’ by Bhartiya Charmakar Samaj Unnati Trust comes as no surprise, as the school is used to such laurels and is very proud of the fact. The award is on the basis of the school’s surroundings cleanliness, discipline of the students the academic results and the parent,- teacher relationship. Kudos!! Way to go Boscoites!!

Boscoites continue to be famous on the tracks as they bring home as bagful of medals organized by the Bombay City District Athletic Championship.

No.	NAME	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
1	Arnold Fernandes	Medley Relay		U/16 - 100 Mts
2	Ryan Varela		U/14 Relay - 4x100Mts	Medley Relay
3	Vinoth Kolanji	U/16 Medley Relay
4	Patrick D’souza		U/16 3000 Mts	U/16 5kms Walk
5	Anthony Fernandes			Medley Relay U/14 600mts U/16 3000Mts
6	Thomas Don Bosco	U/16 5kms walk
7	Haasil Shaikh	U/16 Medley Relay
8	Pranay Karkera	U/16 Medley Relay
9	Troyden Fernandes			Medley Relay
10	Glenn Monteiro		U/14 4x100 Mts Relay
11	Reyhan Coutiuho		U/14 4x100 Mts Relay
12	Siddhant Chitre		U/14 4x100 Mts Relay
13	Keenan D’souza		Medley Relay

Our School won the 'UNIQUE PHARMACEUTICAL TROPHY’ for the ‘BEST SCHOOL’ in boys section. Don Bosco Recreation Center won the ‘UNIQUE PHARMACEUTICAL TROPHY’ for promotion of sports.

Urvaksh Billimoria of Std I A bagged the Silver medal at the 32nd Maharashtra State Karate Championship in the U/ 7 category (Kumite Event).

Nivesh Sharma (IV B) won the third prize in the Fifth Maharashtra State level Abacus and Mental Arithmetic competition. He also received a consolation prize and a trophy in the Sixth National Abacus and Mental Arithmetic competition.
Nivesh was awarded an Appreciation certificate and a medal in the All India Camel Colour Contest at the regional level.

Pratyush Iyer ( IV A) was among the first fifty who was awarded a trophy and a medal for meritorious performance in the All India Open English Scholarship Examination held by the Innovative Council for English ( ICE) .

Jaspreeet Singh Malhotra of Std IX E has won a scholarship for the “Science Olympiad Exam”. The scholarship has been awarded to only one percent of the students from all over Maharashtra who managed to clear the “Science Olympiad Exam” conducted.

Don Bosco (Under 14) won the Savio Hoop Cup against P.G.Garodia 12-10 at Domnic Savio, Andheri on 28th Feb '11.

To mark the 34th anniversary celebrations of the Nehru Planetarium, many contests were organised by the Planetarium . In the Astro - Essay Contest Prateek Mohapatra (VIII A) won the consolation prize and in the Astro - Quiz Vikranta Barsay (IX E) won the first Prize. Congratulations to them for their splendid performance.

The U/16 Cricket Team won the M.G.S.M. Cup. They defeated Iwadhya Bhawan in the finals. Shams Mulani (VIII A) was declered the Man of the Series.

The U/12 Football team clinched the Book Binder Trophy. In the (M.S.S.A) finals they defeated St. Josephs (Wadala). Marc D’Souza (VII A) was adjudged player of the tournament.

The U/13 Basketball team outclassed St. Joseph's, Wadala to lift The Esmero Figueiredo Trophy.

The U/16 Basketball team drubbed Vibgyor High School (47 - 13) to lift the Ratan Tata Trophy.

Siddharth Jain ( XA) bagged the gold medal in the U/17 Air Rifle Shooting (D.S.O), and was declared as the Mumbai City Winner. In the Inter Directorate Shooting Competition held in Jalandhar, Mayur Kamat ( XB) was placed first in Air Rifle Shooting.

V.K Kotnis Memorial elocution competition organised by Saraswati Mandir Education Society

Congratulations to Karthik Kannan of 9C and Vinith Dedhia of 10E
who represented our school at the ward level Science Quiz Competition and secured second place.

In the Inter School Athletics Meet organized by MSSA, Darius Stallone (XD) received the silver medal in Triple Jump and the bronze in 100M in the U/16 category. Pranay Karkera ( IX F) was awarded the silver medal in the 80M Hurdles in the U/14 category. In the 4x 50M relay, the team comprising Nitaash Billimoria (VD), Shelton Fernandes, Avanish Patil and Shaun D’Souza , all from IVA received the bronze medal. The school was adjudged the Runner-up in the boys’ section at the Meet.

In the Athletics Meet conducted by D.S.O . Walter Anthony (XA) set the tracks ablaze to amass gold medals in the 800M, 1500M and 3000M race. Darius Stallone was decorated with a gold medal in Triple Jump. He received the silver in long Jump and the 100M dash. In the 4x100M relay, the team comprising Darius Stallone, Walter Anthony, Shibin Thomas (XD) and Sahil Shetty (XF),won the gold medal.
Jehan Panjwani (X A) was the Mumbai winner ( U/17) in cycling, organized by D.S.O. Meet Popat (VIIA) was the Mumbai Runner –up in the Judo tournament, U/14 category, conducted by D.S.O.

Congratulations to our U/16 Football team for lifting the Jhaveri Trophy for the second consecutive year.

Don Bosco - Matunga have begun the new scholastic year in style by capturing the first tournament of the year – the M.S.S.A. U/16 football tournament for boys. Having dominated the league, they maintained their stranglehold of the super league by not losing a single game, and even managed to defeat old rivals St. Stanislaus 6 – 0. Special mention must be made of ‘keeper Mahir Singh who managed to maintain a clean sheet under the bar right through the tournament and deservingly won the Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament as well as Byrian Corriea who won the Best Defender award. More than just winning a tournament, it was the manner in which they achieved it that speaks volumes of the tenacity of the boys. With malaria in the air, the Unit Tests in progress, and the District level matches being played simultaneously, the Bosco boys took it all in their stride and proved why Don Bosco - Matunga is referred to as the ‘Football Power House’ of Mumbai!

Vaibhav Shah of Std IX -B was declared 'Spelling - Bee' for securing the first place out of a hundred participants at the Kidz Olmpiad - Spelling Competition organized by the Lions Club of Kings Circle.

Congratulations to Reckin Dary X F and Curtis Nazareth 10B for representing Mumbai District and emerging as champion. Rickin led the Membai team and was also declared as Man of the Tournament.

Congratulations to our under 14 Football team for being the State Champions in the Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football tournament. They will now represent Maharastra State for the Nationals to be held in Delhi in the First week of September.

Congratulations to our under 15 Hockey team for emerging as Mumbai Winners in the Sub.Junior Nehru Hockey Tournament. They will now represent Mumbai for the state level tournament.

Once again the Under-16 football team of Don Bosco Matunga emerged winners of the Ahmed Sailor knock-out tournament, defeating St. Anne’s, Malad, in a tie breaker 5-4. The Bosco team played very well with Harold Fernandes (boarder) and the skipper Curtis Nazareth putting up an exceptional performance. However St. Anne’s put forth a strong defense which made it difficult for the Bosco team to strike a goal.

	The U/15 team thrashed St. Francis de Assisi (3-0) to emerge as Mumbai winners at the district level Sub Jr. Nehru Hockey Tournament.
	The U/14 Hockey team trounced St. Stanislaus (6-0) to lift aloft the St. Andrew Challenge Trophy.
1 Oct., 2010 :	Siddharth Jain 10A To Mumbai City Winner (Gold Medal) In U/17 Air Rifle
	Nachiket Thorat 8B: Winner Chaitanya Thorat 8F Runners UP In the Sports of India Table Tennis Fiesta
19 Sep., 2010:	U/15 Hockey. Sub Jr. Nehru Cup (Mumbai Winner) defeated St. Francis D’ Assissi 3-0
17 Sep.,2010	U/14 Hockey Mumbai City Winner Defeated H.V. Academy 2-0
29 Sep. 2010	U/14 Football team (MSSA) Dominic Savio Trophy Defeated St. Pius (Mulund) in the finals
26 Sep.,2010	U/14 Football team Maharashtra State Runners-UP In the Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football Tournament
22 Sep.,2010	U/14 Football team Mumbai Winners ( Subroto Mukherjee Cup) Defeated St. Francis D’ Assisi 3.0
13 Sep.,2010	14 ‘B’ Football team Runners-UP (MSSA)
17, August,2010	U/17 Football for being Mumbai city Winners in the Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football Tournament in the final they defeated St. Xaviers Via 7.B.3.0
11August, 2010	U/16 football team for winning the Jhaveri Trophy (M.S.S.A). In the finals they defeated St. Francis D’ Assisi 1-0