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Vashi2panvel.com: Navi Mumbai: February 11:The Nerul Gymkhana Sports Festival that flagged off on Monday, 6th February is getting heated up with every passing day. More students, more competition and of course more prizes. Though festival is nearing an end, the excitement is still fresh! The sixth day day of the festival was all about swimming and football matches. The events started at around 11:30 with free style, breast stroke, butterfly stroke and back stroke swimming events under various age groups – under 8yrs, under 10yrs, under 12yrs and 14 yrs. The festival saw almost 500 entries, from various schools and colleges from all across Navi Mumbai, in each category. And the leading school in the above events has been the Vashi-based Fr. Agnels, followed by Apeejay and St.Mary’s High School. A whopping twenty-five winners in the swimming categories are from Fr.Agnel’s itself.



Besides the swimming competition, another adrenaline-rusher was the football match. Today, there were quarter finals between S.I.E.S Nerul and St. Andrews. “The winner of the quarterfinal will give tough fight to Khalsa College in the semi-finals. We have scheduled the semi-final matches for tomorrow between Fr. Agnel and St. Lawrence schools,” says Amjad Khan, Asst. Co-coordinator.

But the festival is not all about the hirsute-legged footballers, nimble swimmers or athletic runners but also about the graceful dancers who will charm the audience on Sunday evening. Several Navi Mumbai schools and Colleges like St. Augustine, St. Lawrence, DAV Nerul, Modern, ICL, S.I.E.S Nerul, Tilak and several others are participating. “This is a mega-event. And looking by the response we’ve got, it’s surely a successful one,” says Khan.

By Aarti Shah