Tournaments

The Vicariate Tournaments        

Every year Hazaribag Catholic Vicariate Tournaments for middle schools are hosted by St. Xavier's in August. About 900 students from more than 25 schools (mostly rural) descend on the campus and provide a festive atmosphere for three days. The four categories for the tournaments and the games played are:

          Junior girls                                  –        Kho-Kho

          Senior girls                                 –        Volley ball

          Junior and Senior boys               –        Football

 

Fr. Kevin Grogan Memorial Football Tournament

Father Kevin Grogan Memorial Football Tournament is held every other year in Bokaro Steel City and Hazaribag where Fr. Grogan contributed to the growth of games and sports.  In the beginning years the tournament was exclusively for Jesuit schools of Bihar. Now Catholic schools of Hazaribag and vicinity are the participants in the tournament.

 

Inter-Jesuit Schools Basketball Tournaments

This Basketball tournament which started as a Diamond Jubilee initiative is for the Jesuits schools of Jhrakhand. It has been agreed that this tournament will be hosted by Loyola School, Jamshedpur, St. Xavier’s, Doranda, or St. Xavier’s, Hazaribag in turn.

 

Fr. Kevin Cronin Memorial Interschool Volleyball Tournament

During the Diamond Jubilee year the school began hosting Volleyball Tournaments for the school of Hazaribag. This has event fills a vacuum of opportunity for school boys and girls. 

 

Fr. Maurice Dullard Memorial Interschool Basketball Tournament

This tournament was also started during the Diamond Jubilee Year of the school for the boys and girls of Hazaribag. In 2013, after the demise of Fr. Dullard, the second Principal of the school, the trophy was named in his honour.

Intramural/ inter-house games are also held every year. The more popular among these are the Father John Moore Memorial Cricket Tournament and the Father Jim Thwaites Memorial Interclass Football Tournament