AHMEDABAD: The Premier School Leagues kicked off here at The Arena by TransStadia with ten participating schools competing in a 7vs7 football match.
The league aims to bring together athletes across schools in the city to compete in various sports tournaments with a focus to promote fitness and wellness. It will act as a competitive platform for schools to promote their sporting talent whilst playing in a world class facility.
The participating schools were divided into two groups for the Premier School Leagues – Football. Group A consists of Apple Global School, Rachna School, St. XaviersHansol, DAV School and MGI School. Group B consists of LML School, Vedant International School, Cosmos Castle School, Seventh Day Adventist School and Seth CN Vidhyalaya.
The event, which kicked off at The Arena Wednesday, runs through to 12th November.
Udit Sheth, founder & MD, SE TransStadia, said, “We at TransStadia have strongly believed in talent development which involves partnering with the education system to develop sports programs for students covering sports training, inter-school competitions, provision of quality equipment and fitness assessments. Through the Leagues we hope to encourage maximum participation from schools across Gujarat while inspiring the talent to perform at their best. The purpose of conducting a 7v7 format football league is to introduce the concept of ‘small sided games’ and introduce our budding players to football in a manner that will see them have maximum playing time and exposure with the ball at The Arena; which is a world class stadium in itself.”
The league will cover various sports including football, basketball, table tennis, kabaddi, badminton, and volleyball. The participants will also be introduced to sports science based assessments to enhance their techniques.
