Archery, boxing included in CBSE sports calendar

Thiruvananthapuram: The CBSE inter-school sports competition  has included  archery and boxing in the  sports activity calendar for the first time. An online system has been introduced for inviting proposals for hosting the sports events  and for the participants to apply,  said Mr Tarun Kumar, regional officer, CBSE Thiruvananthapuram region. Archery and boxing were included  because  the country has a chance to win medals at the international level in these events, sources said.

Schools that wanted to host any of the competitions at cluster, zonal or national level in any of the disciplines, should apply online by clicking link ‘Sports’  on CBSE websites www.cbseacademic.in and www.cbse.nic.in Offline will not be accepted. The link  ‘apply to organise’  should be clicked for filling online form. The username and password will be the same as used by the schools for letter of consent (LOC)  submission for class X and XII examination. The schools should ensure  all the facilities  to organise the sports events, preferably as per specifications of infrastructure available on the website of Sports Authority of India.

Schools which  wanted to sponsor their students or teams for participation in CBSE sports events may register their students and teams online by filling the online form at the link and click ‘Register student and then click  ‘Apply to participate.’ Participation of winners and runners-up of cluster or zone-level will be as per the following:

Winner & first runner-up: Winner and first runner-up individuals or teams of following  events will participate in the CBSE nationals in each category and age-group separately: Athletics (individual events), table-tennis, badminton, judo, skating, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, football-girls, chess (02 top teams), rifle-shooting (top 02 teams & 05 top individuals), boxing and archery. Winners only: In case of team-events of athletics, basketball, football-boys, kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball.