Bombay Scottish School

PRIDE OF SCOTTISH

This space celebrates the individual achievements in co curricular and extracurricular activities.

Elocution

  • At the Sam Berklee Elocution Competition organised by the YMCA, Kaisha Kapoor won 2nd place and Avishka Bhor won 3rd place.
  • In the Indian Red Cross Society English Elocution Competition, Kaveesh Mitra and Vritika Shah won 2nd position in their respective categories.

Debate

  • At the Paris World School Debate Championship which was held online in September, Dania Khan won 13th Best Speaker out of 300 speakers. She has also been selected for the Indian Schools Debating Society [Programmes] - National Camp.
  • In an International Debate Competition called Transpacific World Schools Debating Championship, the best teams from all over the world like the Korean National Team and the Singapore National Team participated. Dania Khan was adjudged the Best Novice Speaker. She also won the 2nd Best Speaker under 4 and Under 16 years from among 200 plus speakers.

French Day Celebrations

At the French Day Celebrations held at Apostolic Carmel High School, Bandra, our students won the following:

  • 1st place in the Quiz Competition - Jordan Pinto, Aarnav Jain, Tara Mankar and Ruhaan Rajadhyaksha.
  • 1st place in the Heads-up event - Earl Dias, Myrah Gupta and Swara Inamdar.
  • 1st place in the Scattergories event - Omarr Thomas, Neil Powath, Anhad Singh Anand.
  • 2nd place in Singing - Aarnav Anukumar

Solo Singing category

At the Furtados Inter-School Band-It Festival 2023, Arnav Anukumar won the ‘Winner’ award in the Solo Singing category. There were 50 finalists out of 360 participants across western region (Mumbai, Goa & Gujarat) who participated from different schools including the International schools.


Inter-School Band-It Competition

The All Bombay Inter-School Band-It Competition, ‘The Ones’, our school band comprising Rehan Press, Giselle Qureshi, Nia D’Souza, Parhaan Khanna, Raphael Dsouza came 1st in the Regional finale under Band category 2023. They have been participating for the last six years and have won four times. They have now been selected for the All-India National Finale.


Online Coding Competition

At CATH CON - an online coding competition organised by the Cathedral and John Connon School, Aarav Malani stood 1st in the Senior category and Avighna Chhatrapati stood 3rd in the Junior category. There were 250+ participants from all over India in both categories. Aarav and Avighna will be receiving cash prizes of INR 5000 and INR 2000 respectively.


The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition

The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is an annual international writing competition for young writers from Commonwealth countries. It is organized by the Royal Commonwealth Society and has around 30,000+ participants. Sharanya Sudarshan won the Bronze Award in the senior category for her piece titled - "The Afghan Apple Orchards”.


Aditya Birla World Academy

At The Happy Place, Aditya Birla World Academy, our students bagged the following prizes:

  • All sizes Fit (Dance Event) - 1st place
  • Change the Beat (Singing Solo) - 1st prize

Speech and Debate

In the Mumbai Speech and Debate League held at IIT Bombay, Rhea D’Costa was the semi-finalist and came 6th out of 300+ speakers across Mumbai in the qualifiers. She also participated in the Indo-Pacific Debate, a debate across 40 Asian teams.


Hindustan Olympiad

Ayaansh Salgia, emerged victorious in the Hindustan Olympiad (identified as one of the world’s biggest Olympiads) held in Mumbai in April. The Olympiad reveals the competence levels in all major subjects. The young prodigy outshone thousands of competitors to win the Olympiad. He was awarded a trophy, certificate and a cheque of Rs.5,000/-.

Our students brought laurels in the following tournaments :

Winner

  • CISCE Zonal Basketball Tournament – Girls U19

Runner Up

  • DSO District Level Basketball Tournament – Girls U17
  • DSO District Level Basketball Tournament – Boys U17

First Runner Up

  • CISCE Regional Basketball Tournament – Girls U19

Second Runner Up

  • DSO District Level Basketball Tournament – Girls U14
  • CISCE Regional Basketball Tournament – Boys U19
  • CISCE Regional Throwball Tournament – Boys U19
  • DSO District Level Throwball Tournament – Boys U17
  • DSO District Level Throwball Tournament – Girls U14 (Risha Kamdar qualified for CISCE Nationals)
  • DSO District Level Football Tournament – Girls U17
  • MSSA Football Tournament – Girls U12

Swimathon

  • Armaan Jetha was the youngest competitor in the DUSK TO DAWN - India’s first ultra Swimathon event which was held on 9th and 10th of September. He won 1st place overall. He broke the existing record of the 12-hour solo swim by more than 6 km as he covered a distance of 36.8 km.

Camrynn Fernandes

  • Camrynn Fernandes was selected for the WIFA Maharashtra Sub Juniors Girls Team and represented the State in the AIFF Sub Juniors Hero National Football Championship 2023-24 in Amritsar in September 2023. She was also named vice-captain for the team.

Anosh Adhikari

  • Anosh Adhikari has secured a silver medal in the DSO Air Rifle Open Sight Match in the U19 category at the Mumbai DSO Inter-school Shooting Championship which took place in September 2023.

Agastya Bansal

  • Agastya Bansal stood 2nd in the Matunga Gymkhana Junior Open Squash Championship 2023 at Mumbai. It was a National Level tournament organised by SRFI in August 2023.

Akhil Kampani

  • Akhil Kampani secured the 3rd position in the Boys U-11 category at the Annual 4 star ranking Table Tennis tournament Mumbai' 2023 held in September 2023.

At the CISCE Nationals in Aquatics held in September 2023:

Saanvi Deshwal

Saanvi Deshwal secured (Under 14 Girls category):

  • TWO Gold medals in 50m Breast and 100m Breast
  • ONE Silver medal in 200m IM.
  • Led the Maharashtra team to win Silver medal in 4 x 100m medley relay.

Anvi Deshwal

Anvi Deshwal secured (Under 14 Girls category):

  • Gold medal in 50m Freestyle
  • She went on to become top seed from Maharashtra in 50m Freestyle; 50m Back.

Zara Baksi

Zara Baksi secured (Under 17 Girls category):

  • Gold medal in the 100m fly and 200m breaststroke.
  • Silver in the 4 x 100 medley relay
  • Bronze in the 200m Individual medley.

She also won silver in the 4 x100 medley relay representing Maharashtra, in the girls group 1 category at the 39th Sub-junior and 49th Junior National Aquatic Championships held in August 2023.


Anvi Deshwal (Girls U14)

  • At the DSO Divisional Level Swimming Competition held in October 2023 Anvi Deshwal (Girls U14) was First in 50m Freestyle, Runners Up in 100m Freestyle & Runners Up in 100m Backstroke.

Saanvi Deshwal (Girls U14)

  • Saanvi Deshwal (Girls U14) was First in 50m Backstroke, First in 100m Breaststroke and Runners Up in 200m Backstroke.

Alisha Tulshan (Girls U14)

  • Alisha Tulshan (Girls U14) was Second Runner Up in 50m Backstroke.

Freestyle Relay & Medley Relay

  • Armaan Jetha, Arjun Jhaveri, Atharva Mhapralkar, Prithvi Jagnani & Nishkarsh Kabra (Boys U17) won Second Runners Up in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay & the 4x100m Medley Relay.

Roller Skating Marathon

  • Shivani Iyer participated in the Amritkaal Independence Day Roller Skating Marathon in an attempt to create a world record in 3 books for the most number of skaters performing for 5 hours at the same time in multiple venues all over India.

Vardaan Agrawal

  • Vardaan Agrawal stood first and got the Championship Trophy in Under 8 Category in the Elite Chess Championship at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana. He scored 5 out of 5 points. He won all the 5 matches and was ahead of the runner up by a big margin. He defeated FIDE rated players in this tournament.

Anuriti Singh

  • Anuriti Singh secured the 'Silver Medal' at Maharashtra State Sub-Junior Karate Championship 2023, in "Kumite' - Duel Fighting in the '10 Year Old Age; 30 kg' category. She now holds Rank 2 at State Level in her category.

Shrieyaa Athale

  • Shrieyaa Athale won Second Runners Up at the DSO District Level Judo Tournament.

Sara Mody

  • secured first place and the gold in the Girls U17 category in Chess along with four other players representing Maharashtra at the CISCE Nationals held in Hyderabad in September 2023.
  • secured first place in the Girls U16 category at the MSSA Chess tournament held in October 2023.

Ose Ahuja

  • In the CISCE Zonal Lawn Tennis Tournament held in September 2023, Ose Ahuja secured the Bronze Medal.

Athletics

  • At the CISCE Regional Athletics Championship 2023-24 held at Priyadarshini Park, Cayden Dias (Boys U19) was Second Runner Up in the 100m Sprint.
  • Muhammad Ali Khandwani (Boys U19) came First in the High Jump Event and qualified for the CISCE Athletic Nationals Championship.

Artistic Gymnastics

  • At the CISCE Level Artistic Gymnastics Competition held in October 2023, Shanaya Lingam (Girls U14) won First in Balancing beam, First in floor, Third in Vault, First as All Rounder, Trophy for Best Gymnast and qualified for CISCE Nationals.

Srishti Malhotra

  • Srishti Malhotra qualified for CISCE Nationals Throwball Tournament for Girls U19.

AURA 2023 – the Inter-School Fest

At AURA 2023 – the Inter-School Fest hosted by Gokuldham School, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim stood 1st amongst 8 schools. Various events included:

  • 1st place : Tug O War Slam Poetry, Solo Singing, Dual Singing, Mental Mystery
  • 2nd place : 100m boys, 200m boys, 100m girls, 200m girls, Boys relay, Face Painting, Debate, Group Dance
  • 3rd place : 100m girls, Chess, Arm wrestling girls, Arm wrestling boys, Business Pitch