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The team from Bishop Cotton Boys’ School was adjudged the ‘Best Delegation’ in the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference which was held at New Delhi.

The students were a part of the following committees and won from class 11 were Udit Srivastava (Best Delegate in the Disarmament and International Security Committee); Sajeev Srivatsava, (Best Delegate in the Historic Human Rights Council); Sachit Ram (Best Delegate in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee); Ayman Hashmi, (Best Delegate in the Syrian and Constellis Council of 2020); Abhinav Dutt (Honorable Mention in the United Nations Security Council); Srinthan Hampi (Verbal Commendation in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime); Suhas Krishnamoorthy (Verbal Commendation in the Reconstructing Russia Council); Ronith Evander (the Legal Committee) and Mihir Nenawath, (member of the International Press).

Opting to bat first after winning the toss in the day-night encounter, Bishop Cotton made 133/6 in their alloted quota of 20 overs. The total wasn’t a huge one and St Joseph’s made a serious bid to go for the runs. However, they lost wickets at regular intervals and only Dev Dutt BP, who made a significant conribution of 66 runs, occupied the crease for any length of time. Still, they came close to overhauling the target, falling short narrowly in the end, leaving Cottons victors.

Bishop Cotton Boys’ School scored 21 goals in two wins to keep their hopes of a knockout berth alive on the seventh day of the Boost BFC Inter-School Soccer Shield 2019 at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Monday.

The Cottonians began the day with a massive 16-0 win over Iqra International School. Udith scored six goals, while Fayaz chipped in with four as they logged the biggest win in the category, eclipsing DPS North’s 15-0 win on Sunday.

Lochan’s unbeaten half-century and Abhishek Poll’s bowling effort helped hosts Bishop Cotton Boys School register a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Ebenezer International School Bangalore (EISB) to grab the Cottonian Shield inter-school senior (under-16) title here on Saturday.

CHAMPIONS Bishop Cottons Boys School, winners of the GS Randhawa memorial inter-school hockey tournament. BACK ROW (L-R): Raju Bhaskar (PET), John Zachariah (principal), Anil Dhutt (PED). MIDDLE ROW: Zubin, Harsha, Deerendra, Ankith Agarwal, K Malem,Ameer Ahamed, Akash Gupta, Prakar Dheekshit. FRONT ROW: Tushar, Abhshek Kumar, Pranay Singh, Rahul Agarwal, Appaiah KC, Suraj, Pranav Kadka and Shameem.

Malem, who fired three goals in Cottonians’ semifinal victory, turned out to be the hero once again, sounding the board in the 14th and 53rd minutes in a floodlit final at the KSHA stadium.For his strong show throughout the tournament, Malem was adjudged the player of the tournament. Cottonians did take some time to settle in after which they completely dominated their oponents who looked disoriented.