Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass and Sports for All (SFA Play) had collaborated to conduct the school’s annual inter-school sports meet Censports. The virtual sporting bonanza spread the infectious joy of sporting across countries like the USA, UAE, Oman, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Bahrain to become a virtual global sports meet.
With the participation of 1830 children in the age groups of 7 to 17 years, from 433 schools around the world, the 10-day long inter-school sports meet became one of its kind grand online sporting event. Censports entered into its grand finale on 19th December 2020. Chess, Fitness Challenge, Karate (Kata), and Speedcubing were the 4 sports which were being conducted online as part of the Censports. Finalists from the four sports competed for the top honours.
The finals for Fitness Challenge were telecast live on YouTube on 18/12/2020. The results are as below-
| U-13 Boys | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | Rohan Mansingani | Navrachana school sama | Vadodara |
| Second | Abahy Lakkoju | Alphonsa High School | Hyderabad |
| Third | ADVAIT NAIR | Centre Point School (Amravati Road Bypass) | Nagpur |
| U-13 GIRLS | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | Anuva Shiwarkar | Centre Point School (Amravati Road Bypass) | Nagpur |
| Second | Zaara Rayeen | Centre Point School KR | Nagpur |
| Third | hasvi MP | excellencia infinitum school | Hyderabad |
| U-15 Boys | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | Prithiviraj Phukan | Sanjay Ghodwat International School | Kolhapur |
| Second | Karan Gadekar | Sanjay Ghodwat International School | Kolhapur |
| Third | Nitant Gajbhiye | Centre Point School KR | Nagpur |
| U-15 Girls | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | ANVI RAUT | Modern School | Nagpur |
| Second | Lipi Sarda | Centre Point School (Amravati Road Bypass) | Nagpur |
| Third | Niroshi Gangar | JBCN International School (Borivali) | Mumbai |
| U-17 Boys | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | Dhruv Mishra | Modern School | Nagpur |
| Second | Harsh Bhanushali | EuroSchool,Airoli Navi Mumbai | Navi Mumbai |
| Third | Darshan Belgaokar | Sanjay Ghodwat International School | Kolhapur |
| U-17 Girls | |||
| Ranks | Name | School Name | Location |
| First | Radha Ghotkar | RS Mundle Dharampeth Arts and Commerce college | Nagpur |
| Second | Ananya Durugkar | Centre Point School (Amravati Road Bypass) | Nagpur |
| Third | Sanika Kawde | Centre Point School (Amravati Road Bypass) | Nagpur |
The finals for Speed cubing were conducted on 17/12/2020. The results for the same are as follows-
?| SPEEDCUBING- U-13 B+G | ||||
| RANK | NAME | AGE-CATEGORY | SCHOOL NAME | Location |
| 1 | SHREYANS DEY | U-13 | CHRYSALIAS HIGH SCHOOL, YELAHANKA | Bangalore |
| 2 | NEEV SHARMA | U-13 | CHILDREN’S ACADEMY, KANDIVALI | Mumbai |
| 3 | AARISH BANERJEE | U-13 | AMBASSADOR SCHOOL, DUBAI | Dubai |
| SPEEDCUBING – U 17 B+G | ||||
| RANK | NAME | AGE-CATEGORY | SCHOOL NAME | Location |
| 1 | HIMANSHU KURIL | U-17 | NAVRACHANA SAMA SCHOOL | Vadodara |
| 2 | ATHARVA PATWARDHAN | U-17 | DES SECONDARY SCHOOL | Pune |
| 3 | ADITYA KHER | U-17 | CENTRE POINT SCHOOL (AMRAVATI BYPASS ROAD) | Nagpur |
Apart from individual prizes schools were also recognised under the ‘Top 10 Schools’ and ‘She is Gold’ categories.
The efforts taken by the schools to encourage participation in the Censports were acknowledged and appreciated. This enabled the participants to explore a completely new arena of sporting. The following top 10 schools gained special recognition for highest participation in Censports-
- Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass, Nagpur, India
- Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, Nagpur, India
- Centre Point School, Katol Road, Nagpur, India
- Narayana Vidyalayam, Wardha Road, Nagpur, India
- Ambassador School, Dubai
- JBCN International School (Parel), Mumbai, India
- Bhavan’s BPBVM, Nagpur
- Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir (Trimurti Nagar), Nagpur, India
- St. John’s High School, Nagpur, India
- Centre Point School International, Nagpur, India
Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass gained special recognition under the ‘She is Gold’ for having the highest number of female participants from the school.
Censports received an overwhelming response not only from the participants but also their parents. They appreciated the effort taken to put up the sporting event on a virtual platform. The ‘joy quotient’ was also at a high despite the adoption of the virtual platform. On the whole, the novel experience brought in more exposure and a host of opportunities for the participants to explore.
Director of Centre Point Group of Schools, Mrs Radhika Rajwade, Executive Director of Centre Point Group of Schools, Mrs Mukta Chatterjee, Principal of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass, Mrs Radhika Mehra and Vice-Principals of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass congratulated the winner and participants of Censports. They also thanked the organisers from SFA Play and the sponsors from Enerzal for extending their support. The efforts put in by the Sports Department of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass in enabling the success of the event were commended by the Management of the school.
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