SPORTS DAY AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

FINALLY, THE BIG DAY ARRIVED...WE HAD AN EXCITING DAY OF SPORTS AND FUN AT THE HOPE HOME GROUNDS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28. WE HAD REMODELED THE FIELD TO GET AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENTS AS COMFORTABLE AS WE COULD. HERE'S A FEW OF THE EVENTS...

LYDIA WITH HER SHOT PUT THROW...

 THE TEACHERS & STAFF TOO HAD TO TAKE PART IN AN EVENT-TUG-OF-WAR...NOBODY WON AS THE ROPE EVENTUALLY SNAPPED!! THANKFULLY NO ONE GOT HURT

THE NEEDLE AND THREAD RACE...STUDENTS HAVE TO RUN 20 METERS AND COME AND PUT THE THREAD IN A NEEDLE AND RUN BACK...

SACK-RACE...SOME OF THEM REALLY KNOW HOW TO SPRINT, NO MATTER WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS...AND IN THIS CASE, HAD TO OVERCOME THE SMELL OF POTATOES (WE USED POTATO SACKS)

DEMONSTRATES HOW WELL PARENTS HAVE TRAINED THEIR CHILDREN...A RUN OF 25 METERS AND WHOEVER IS ABLE TO PUT ON THEIR SOCKS AND CANVAS AND TIE THE LACES AND RUNS BACK FIRST WINS THE RACE...

LEAH, YET TO BE ENROLLED IN PRE-SCHOOL WASN'T ONE TO BE LEFT BEHIND...THE SOLO PERFORMER!

 STUDENTS HAVE TO BALANCE EARTHEN VESSELS ON THEIR HEADS AND BRISK WALK 25 METERS TO WIN THE RACE...DEPENDS ON HOW ROUND OR FLAT OUR HEAD IS!

 HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS, STUDENTS HAVE TO BALANCE A SMALL GLASS MARBLE  IN A SPOON PLACED IN THEIR MOUTHS AND BRISK-WALK 25 METERS...WITHOUT THE MARBLE FALLING OFF...

 BISCUIT RACE...RUN 20 METERS AND TRY AND SNATCH A BISCUIT (COOKIE) WITH THEIR MOUTH WITH HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACK AND RACE BACK...AND THEY GET TO EAT THE COOKIES THEY PLUCKED FROM THE ROPE...

 THE RACE...GET SET...GO...WE HAD 50 METERS, 100 METERS AND 200 METERS RACES

THE MARCH PAST...

THE HIGHER YOU GO THE HARDER YOU FALL...FORTUNATELY WE HAD PLACE ENOUGH SAND FOR THEM TO FALL UPON...THE HIGH JUMP EVENT...

THIS IS ONE EVENT WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR ALL AGE GROUPS...MUSICAL CHAIR!

DISCUSS THROW...WOW! SOME OF THEM CAN REALLY THROW FAR!

AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYONE ENJOYED AND THE BONUS WAS AN UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY ANNOUNCED BY DEV FOR TUESDAY...ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO RECOVER FROM THE ACHES AND BRUISES AND THEIR TIREDNESS...BUT WAIT, SOME OF THE KIDS SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON AFTER THE SPORTS PLAYING CRICKET!

THANK  YOU FOR STOPPING BY AND VISITING US! GOD BLESS