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BADMINTON
Badminton was conducted as the fourth event of Inter-house Tournament.
The inauguration was done by Mr. Younus, faculty of science department. Af-
ter the four badminton captains had toss, first semi-final took place between
Sapphire and topaz. The topaz won the match against sapphire by straight
sets. The score was 15-8, 15-14. The second semi-final took place between
Ruby and Emerald, the emerald house won the match by getting 2 sets. The
score was 11-15, 15-12, 15-10. The finale match was between Topaz and
Emerald; and the Emerald house won the final match by straight two sets.
The score was 17-16, 15-8.

CRICKET

The last two days were enthused by the cricket tournament. After the four
cricket captains had toss, the first semi-final took place between emerald
and topaz. The emerald chooses bowling after getting the toss. The topaz
scored 71 runs out of 8 overs. The emerald chased only 64 and loosed by 9
runs. The second semifinals had ruby and sapphire. Ruby chooses batting
after getting the toss against sapphire. Ruby scored 41 runs out of 8 overs.
The sapphire chased 42 runes by six wickets. The final match was between
topaz and sapphire house. After getting the toss to topaz house, they were
selected for fielding. The sapphire house scored 94 runs out of 8 overs were
topaz chased only 49 runs and loosed by 45 runs. The highest scorer of the
tournament was Faisal of sapphire house (55 runs, 4 sixes, 2 fours) and the
highest wicket taker was Sulaiman (4 wickets).

NIMS GROUP BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

The budding spirited Badminton Team of the Cen-
tral School, Dubai participated in the Inter-NIMS
Basket Ball Tournament - at New Indian Model
School, DUBAI. In spite of playing so well the game
most of the time, the Team had been placed as the
2nd RUNNER-UP position.
The 3-man squad led by the Coach Mr. Jobin
George played with greater zeal and vigour despite
the challenging tournament. The team had their
moments in the tournament and was well appreci-
ated by the spectators. There were a handful of pos-
itive stimuli to take from the match.
The TCS Team cherished the privilege to participate
in such a prestigious tournament, where the young
talents could showcase and sharpen their skills.

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