Auroville’s Ultimate ladies: from left Smiti, Bhavya and Manjula. Back: coach Kumaran
As part of Auroville’s integral approach to education,
sports plays a large role in our lives. Different programmes in Cripa,
Certitude, Pitanga, La Piscine, Dehashakti and New Creation Sports Ground
support physical education from a young age with the aim of promoting
sportsmanship as well as athleticism. For many years, Aurovilians, especially
youngsters, have been taking part in high-level national sport events in
basketball, racing (cycle and motorbike), surfing, rugby, and horse riding. In
the same line, an entirely new chapter has begun for three girls from
‘Spinergy’ – Auroville’s Ultimate Frisbee team.
Any Monday afternoon while driving past Certitude, you’ll
see a team of Aurovilians playing ‘Ultimate’. Manjula, Bhavya and Smiti are
among them – three Auroville youngsters who have been selected to represent
India Women’s team in the 14th World Ultimate and Guts Championship ...
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