Parikrma Girls Football Club have been selected to play for the Nationals team

This year at PCL – meet teams from Dubai, Goa, Udaipur and Belgaum

 

Bangalore, September 2019:

Nine years have passed, and we are proud to share with you positive transformation stories that reaffirm our belief and efforts in this movement: yes, sport is not just an extra-curricular activity. 

·       Six of our girls from the Parikrma Girls Football Club have been selected to play for the Nationals team. This includes our student, Aishwarya too.

·       Besides having launched the Parikrma Boys Football Club that’s an A Division Club today, last year we launched the Girls Football Club, and are thrilled that girls from different schools in the city have approached us to be on the team and many have been selected as well.

·       Many of our alumni have registered and obtained admissions in colleges offering sports management and a few are training to be a coach. 

·       A few alumni have come together and started a sports management company called Rapt Sports. The team also organised its first ever corporate football tournament in July 2019, which witnessed active participation of 24 corporate teams. 

What to expect at PCL 2019?

Battling it out for the Equality Cup this year are 16 teams – many government schools, and 3 out-of-station teams and GEMS from Dubai. 

This year we have on board, supporting the event and as part of our leadership training and exchange program – the team from Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). “We are extremely proud to be supporting the Parikrma Champions League in September this year. We, at WFS, highly respect the Foundation for its outstanding work in helping the education and development of children from poor and marginalized communities. We greatly admire Parikrma’s commitment to the development of young people and to inspiring their future ambition, which are closely aligned to our own corporate values. That’s why this initiative forms a key component of the WFS corporate social responsibility programme and the launch event for our global ‘BOOST’ talent development programme. Supporting this world class football tournament is a new and exciting challenge for the WFS ‘BOOST’ team members who have been are helping to organize the event. We are sure that our time and investment can make a big difference to all participants,” states CEO, WFS, Craig Smyth. 

After raising the bar for school football sport in the city the last few years, the Parikrma Champions League in association with WFS, a one-of-a-kind U-16 boys football tournament, is back with the 9th championship tournament, which promises to be bigger and better.

·       The Coachers’ Pledge – where all participating coaches pledge fair play.

·       A special exhibition mixed match (both girls and boys).

·       State-of-the-art technology (bone-density test) used to determine students’ ages correctly.

·       Large LED screens with custom-made animations, live video feed and a unique score tracking system. Young players will feel like real professionals as they walk onto the field through a tunnel, being cheered on by crowds.

·       Outstanding individual performances and skill will be awarded with exciting prizes.

·       Exhibition match on the morning of the finals. Spotters will identify the most skilled players from 15 teams to form a Parikrma All-Star team that will take on CEOs of Bengaluru’s leading corporate companies in a 20-minute exhibition match.

·       In an effort to raise the level of the game each year, the matches this year will have 20-minute halves and the Semi-Finals and Finals will have 30-minute halves. The Parikrma Champions League 2019 will be a ranking tournament for the top 8 teams who will move into the Quarter Finals after the league stage.

The Parikrma Champions League has been made possible thanks to the support of the WFS and the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence. Identiti will provide all the clothing for the officials. Manipal Hospital will provide medical support for the tournament, ensuring that a doctor and nurse are present at the stadium on all three days in case of any injuries or medical emergency.

“We are really happy and proud of our ninth PCL. Each year, we have grown, evolved, unceasingly working towards making PCL one of the best state-of-the-art football tournaments in the city. Through this platform, we not only want to keep the spirit and passion of this much beloved sport alive – but persistently shed light on the importance and benefits of sports in schools,” says Shukla Bose, founder, CEO, Parikrma Humanity Foundation.

What is PCL?

Despite having an excellent football team, Parikrma was often left out of inter-school football leagues hosted by various elite and international schools in Bangalore. In an effort to create a level playing field and oppose this fragmented and unequal system, we launched our own football tournament – the Parikrma Champions League (PCL). The event has truly raised the bar for school level events and, since its inception in 2011, has become one of the most coveted inter-school football tournaments in Bangalore.

Parikrma shared a Memorandum of Recommendation with the Government stressing the critical importance of sports in schools in the year 2015.

The birth of Parikrma FC

A football club for the alumni and owned by Parikrma, the Parikrma FC is a testimony of our children’s passion and respect for the sport. This club was born in 2013, when Parikrma Foundation provided a platform for talented footballers students, alumni and staff to take their passion a step further. Parikrma FC started as a Bangalore Division C team, and is an A Division team today!

 

The Parikrma Girls Football Club

We launched the Girls Football Club this year and our team participated in the Karnataka Football league and reached semi-finals. The team captain even won the best mid-fielder award. 

About Parikrma Humanity Foundation

In the year 2003, 165 children from marginalized families started a new chapter in life, huddled together on a small roof-top in a school in Rajendranagar, Bengaluru. Today, with four schools (Jayanagar, Koramangala, Sahakarnagar and Nandini Layout) and one junior college, Parikrma Humanity Foundation continues to offer high quality education (CBSE), hope and support to thousands of children from four orphanages and over 90 slums in the city.

We support each of our children right from 5 years old until they are an active and contributing member of society (25 years).  We have the highest attendance in the country at 96% and the lowest dropout rate at less than 1%. 

For more information, log on to: www.parikrmafoundation.org.

 

What: Parikrma Champions League- 9^th Edition 

When: 12-14 September 2019

Where: Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Yelahanka