Aata OdaNaata

Events and Activities

Sunday, 2 November 2008
Our First event - a morning of athletics for Makkala Jagrithi at VET Grounds in Bangalore They were scrawny, barefoot boys, the younger ones unsure ? a little overawed; the teenagers with the odd comment and swagger?and almost malnourished girls, some decked out in sandals and flowing Indian clothes. But it was their day out, there was gleam in their eyes and they were the 54 best things that happened to that Sunday morning. [Read More...]
Saturday, 8 November 2008
We were invited to the Athletic Meet at Municipal High School, Kanakapura to watch the young stars perform.
Aata Odanaata?s tie up with Sikshana dragged our team to their inter-school sports event in Kanakapura.
Here AO met five little packs of dynamite. Rajesh (Shot Put), Renuka (100mts), Megha S (100 & 800mts) Devi Bai (800mts) and Megha M G(High jump). Most of them had won at the Taluk level games and wanted to compete at a higher level. [Read More...]
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Kicking off the first football camp- One step towards the Goal!
When Chitra Gangadharan said she would be happy to train an AO recommended team of girls, we took her up on her offer.
A month later we kicked off our first full-fledged football camp for girls under-15. This is the first of AO?s focus camps that are aimed to bring new and budding sportspersons into organized mentoring and training. AO hopes these efforts will marry talent and sporting excellence, providing the right opportunities and direction for economically challenged kids. [Read More...]
Sunday, 7/14/21/28 December 2008
At the Deccan Athletic Meet held in Kanteerava Stadium on four Sundays in December, we put our stars from Kanakapura to the test. And they were more than up to the challenge!
Perhaps this story is about 12 year old Renuka , who waited, uncertain at the starting line. She had never been in a serious competition before, had never heard a gun go off and had never watched her two bare feet lined up next to a row of branded running shoes. [Read More...]
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Fireworks at the State level Selections!
AO facilitated the participation of out 5 little stars ? Renuka V, Megha NG, Megha S, Devi Bai & Rajesh ? from Kanakapura- in the Sports Authority of Karnataka Selections held at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. [Read More...]
Sunday, 25 January 2009
When SAI Football selectors came a-visiting?
Four of the girls from the AO football camp- Shashi Priya, Radhika, Roopa and Rajalakshmi have been shortlisted to play under the Sports Authority of India scheme. If approved, they will get football kits from SAI and a stipend of Rs600/- per month. More than that, an opportunity to train under the best and be part of sporting glory. AO waits with fingers crossed! [Read More...]
Thursday, 29 January 2009
The AO-Sikshana 20-20 Cricket Semi-Finals: When gully cricket rose to new heights in Kanakapura:
This was an absolute cracker of an idea! Sikshana, our partner in Kanakapura pulled out a long list of government schools that were under their care. Sixty teams were lined up for a never-before intra-school knock out cricket tournament. [Read More...]