T.K. Rajan Memorial Inter School Greens Quiz 2009

Toppers: Anand Justin and Anand P.V.

Participants in the Final Quiz

M. Kevin Das & Ajay Dev B.G.

Neeraj R. & Aravind M.R.

Bharath Nandan S. & Abhijith U.

Anand Justin & Anand P.V. (I Place)

Arjun Shyam & Vivek S.

Aryan P. Nair & Arya P.B. (II Place)

Devika A. Nair & Ambika M.S. (III Place)

Surya Girish & Aravind A.J. (II Place)

T.K. Rajan Memorial Inter School Greens Quiz 2009 became an event in the city with a participation of 83 teams from thirteen leading schools in the district. The big hall of Christ Nagar, Vellayambalam, was filled with participants, their parents and Greens members.

Anand P.V. (8th standard) and Anand Justin (10th standard) of St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom got first place by securing 70 points. The teams of Aryan P. Nair and Arya P.B. (both in 10th standard) of L.V.H.S., Pothencode and Surya Girish (8th standard) and Aravind A.J. (9th standard) of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vazhuthacaud shared second place by securing 57.5 points. Devika A. Nair and Ambika M.S. (both in 9th standard) of GGHSS Cottonhill, Vazhuthacaud reached third with 47.5 points.

Other teams which got selection for the final quiz are M. Kavin Das (10th) and Ajay Dev B.G. (10th) of St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom (secured 40 points); Bharath Nandan S.(9th) and Abhijith U. (9th) of St. Mary’s Central School, Poojappura (secured 25 points); Neeraj R. (8th) and Aravind M.R. (8th) of K.V. Pattom, 2nd Shift (secured 20 points) and Arjun Shyam (8th) and Vivek S.(8th) of Loyola School, Sreekaryam (secured 10 points).

Arya Central School, Pattom had the highest participation with 16 teams which was followed by Loyola School, Sreekaryam and Govt. Girls’ HSS, Cottonhill with 11 teams each. St. Thomas Residential School, Mukkolakkal had 10 teams. Other schools participated in the event are: St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom (9), Carmel Girls’ HSS, Vazhuthacaud (5), Darsana HSS, Nedumangad (4 ), Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom (4), Holy Angels’ Convent HSS (3), LVHS, Pothencode (3), Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vazhuthacaud (2) and Nirmala Bhavan, Kuravankonam (1). The host school, Christ Nagar Sr. Secondary School, Vellayambalam had two teams to represent.
Greens Executive Committee Member C. Susheelkumar led the quiz which had visual rounds, plant identification and bird voice identification. Thomas Mash of Christ Nagar, Vellayambalam, extended all supports from the part of the School Management.

Welcome!

Christ Nagar School, Vellayambalam

Preliminary round

Evaluation of the Preliminary round

Thomas Mash checking the system

Preparing scores

Moments from the final round

Identify and own - A moment from the plant identification round. Plants were handed over to those who identified them.



Waiting for the turn


A child enthusiastically watching the visual round

Waiting for the scores

Announcing the Winners

Photos: G. Sankaranarayanan