Delhi's Modern School boys and girls win 2015 Win Mumby Tournament in Mussoorie

Perched over 7,000 feet above sea level in the Himalayas can be a challenging place for basketball, but its only from the challenge that the most elite of young talents can emerge. Woodstock School in Mussoorie - my alma mater! - hosted the 16th Win Mumby All India Basketball Tournament from November 3-6. Both boys and girls finals were held on Friday, November 6, with Modern School from New Delhi hoisting both the titles in an impressive clean sweep.

Led by Sunil Rathee - one of the top young players in Delhi state - Modern's boys team showed no mercy to hosts Woodstock in the boys' final, running to a blowout 65-33 win. Earlier in the day, Modern's girls defeated Welham Girls from Dehradun behind a strong effort by Ragnee Jha.

Modern's Ragnee Jha was named the MVP in the girls' section, while Woodstock's Dipankar Nakarmi was the boys' MVP.

Earlier on Friday, Modern's girls defeated Strawberry Fields High School (Chandigarh) in the semi-final stage, while Welham Girls' got past Wynberg-Allen Mussoorie. In the boys' semi-finals, Modern defeated The Asian School (Dehradun) and Woodstock beat Welham Boys' (Dehradun).

Padma Shri winning actor and former captain of Woodstock's basketball team Tom Alter was the chief guest at the event.

Woodstock School hosting Win Mumby All India Basketball Tournament

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I'm gonna send a big shout-out today to my alma mater / the school where I currently volunteer: Woodstock School in Mussoorie. The Win Mumby All India Basketball tournament began at Woodstock last night. This is the 10th edition of the tournament, which is affiliated to the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).

17 teams from some of the finest schools in North India are taking part in the Boys and Girls divisions. The Woodstock Tigers will line up against teams from St. George's College, Wynberg-Allen School, and Tibetan Homes School (Mussoorie), Doon School, Welham Boys' School, Welham Girls' School, and Hope Town Girls' School (Dehradun), Modern School and Sri Ram School (New Delhi), Yaadvindra Public School (Patiala), Bishop Cotton School (Shimla), and Sherwood College (Nainital).
The tournament was tipped off by chief guest and Woodstock alumnus actor Tom Alter.
The semi-finals and finals of the tournament will be held on Saturday, April 24th.
Aaah... I love basketball season... Go Tigers!
In another news, boarding schools kick ass.

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