"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle we arrive in." Continuing its golden winning streak the Gold House again proved itself to be the best. Owing to its untiring pursuit of victory, glory and pride Gold house this once again emerged with the prestigious 'Cock House Shield' which symbolized our overall supremacy in the field of sports. The year 2008-09 was indeed a gratifying year the Gold House on account of their zeal and persistent efforts.

The year started with the Investiture Ceremony where the responsibilities the house were entrusted to Amit Tandon, with Alpit Saxena as Vice Captain and Samarth Singh as C Squad Leader. After this solemn occasion began the plethora of activities that kept us busy all the year long.

We had a flying start for the year when we secured the first place in the Inter House Swimming. Then we had the most exciting and loved event of our school, the Inter House Football. Here, we overcame our expectations and stood second overall due to the skillful game of Amit Tandon and Samarth Singh. We fared well in Basketball coming Second in both Seniors and Juniors due to excellent efforts of Robin Singh but could not manage to do the same in Chess and came third. With only a minor lead above the other houses for the prestigious 'Cock House Shield', we needed some more efforts to remain at the top. Our hard work yielded results when in Badminton we surprised everyone by coming Second in Seniors and First in Juniors and therefore overall First. In Table Tennis, none of the other houses could match the speed and skills of our players and we emerged as the Winners. The exciting game of Cricket also brought us laurels when our team led by Ritesh Kewlani was unbeaten and came First overall with commendable performances by Amit, Devesh Bannerjee, Shiva Yadav who was adjudged the 'Best Bowler' and Snehil Yadav who was adjudged the 'Best Fielder'. Athletics saw us coming Second overall with excellent performances by the Juniors.

With the help of collective hard work of the boys throughout the year, Gold House received the Cock House Shield for the Second year in a row.

I would like to thank Mr. Owen Wright, our house master who guided us well to glory. I would also like to thank Samarth Singh and Shubham Jaiswal who worked very hard for the house throughout the year.

The year taught us to rise above selfish interests and adopt a more selfless and benign attitude. I hope the Gold House boys will never forget that "Efforts Spell Success" and continue to rise to greater heights of glory.

Amit Tandon (Captain)
Arpit Saxena (Vice Captain)
Samarth Singh (C Squad Leader)

" All is well that ends well." We started well by coming second in the Inter House Swimming with Srijan Singh and Aroun Dalawat doing their best. Then luck stopped favouring us, With Zubair Ullah (House Captain) and Abhinav Kumar showing their dribbling abilities, we came third in football. But we did not lose hope, and under the able guidance and motivation of our House Master Mr. Leone Andre Ducasse we captured the second place in the game of 'Best Brains', that is, chess, Although our basketball captain Saurav Pandey did his best, we were positioned only the fourth in basketball due to lack of co- ordination, We had to be content with the third place in Table Tennis and Badminton, with our junior team performing really well.

The day of final showdown, the Annual athletic meet came. Showing their power and stamina, our boys emerged out as champions in the tug-a-war, Showing perfect co-ordination, we bagged the 'Marching Shield',

We got a firm hold on the 'Discipline and P.T. Shields' too, Zubair Ullah (1^st in Broad jump; 2^nd in the 400 mts race; 3^rd in the 200 mts race) was awarded the 'Best Sportsman of the Year,' Siddharth Singh got the 'Best All Rounder" in the junior category. Finally, the Red house came third in the athletics and ended with the Red House getting the maximum number of shields, All this made the session 2008-09 a memorable one.

In the end, I would like to thank our House Master Mr. Leone A. Ducasse, for his constant support and guidance, Zubair Ullah (Captian), Saurav Pandey, Anuj Vikram Singh, Mudassir, Ahmar Zaman, Skand Raj, Prateek Hemrajani and all the boys of Red House for the hard work done.

Vipul Tiwari
Vice Captain, Red House

Siddharth Singh
(House Captain)

BLUE HOUSE REPORT

" The secret of success is being crystal clear as to your purpose and directions, and having the courage to act accordingly." Indeed, this was the 'key' spirit to success and achievements of the Blue House in the year 2008-09. Under my leadership, assisted by the vice captain Ankit Sharma and guided by our House Master Mr. A. Simon, this year proved to be a memorable one for the Blue House.

The Inter House sporting activities started with the aquatics competition, in which our performance was not up to the mark, even though the boys showed some mettle. Next was the Inter House Football tournament in which we emerged as deserving champions, Akshay Singh and Samarth Singh were the top scorers of the tournament. I also contributed my best in the tournament. Our juniors played brilliantly and emerged as winners, maintaining our glory.

This was followed by the Inter House Table Tennis tournament in which we did not perform up to our potential, but the fabulous skillful play of Abhijeet Parolia was applauded by one and all. In Badminton tournament, again our performance was not up to the mark, even though the boys showed some determination. The Blue House grandmasters trapped the opponents with crafty moves but had to be satisfied with the third place in the chess tournament.

In the passionate game of Cricket we rose up to the second spot, owing to some extra- ordinary batting by Shikhar Suri. He made a staggering total of 85 runs in three matches, and was adjudged the third best batsman of the tournament.

This year will also be remembered for the memorable performance of the Blue House in Athletics. We were in the race for the prestigious athletic shield. The boys of the Blue House rose to the occasion and we went on to grab the coveted Athletic shield. Nabeel Ahmad, Md. Zeeshan and Abhijeet Singh walked away with the a division, A division and B division championship respectively. I was lucky to give gold to the House in the 800 mts race, while I had to be content with fourth place in the Cross Country Race. The contributions of Akshay Singh, Amit Singh and Gaurav Kapoor in athletics cannot be just sidelined. Ankit Sharma and Siddhartha Kr. Singh walked away with the A division and O division cycle race championship respectively. In the Tug-a-war our strong pullers were not able to match up to the opponents and we remained in the second position. Adding another feather to their achievements Gaurav Kapoor was adjudged as the fastest runner striking 11.7 seconds in the 100 mts race.

In the end I would like to thank our House Master, Mr. A. Simon for his constant motivation, ever encouraging words,' hard work and commitment throughout the year, as under his guidance we emerge as winning warriors. I am also grateful to my assistant Ankit Sharma, and all the boys of the Blue House.

I wish best of luck to my juniors for their prosperous future. Remember friends: "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Success is doing, not winning."

Rishi Soni,
(House Captain)