DePP

Come March, and summer dawns on us. Summer in India usually means staying indoors, and drinking iced water by the gallon. However, summer in Goa is a part of the tourist season. Summer is when Goa truly comes alive. Goa is the land of sun and sand, and what would these be without sun-kissed waters, and hot babes on the beach?


So during March, we have two of our fests at BITS-Goa, early March plays host to Waves, while late March sees Spree take place, our sports fest. Spree had pretty humble beginnings in 2007 as a series of games in Waves’ 07. After that, there was no looking back, for Spree grew exponentially. With the tagline ‘You Game?’ given by DePP, Spree had 15 colleges participating. Guys and gals of PCCE, GEC, Chowgule College, RIEIT (Goa), RVCE and Jain College (Bangalore), DJ Sanghvi (Mumbai) and MIT (Manipal), thanks for participating and making our fest fun. And sorry if I’ve missed out any college!


I remember watching my first live football match during Spree, the exhibition match between Vasco De Gama and Sporting Club de Goa. Watching Brazil demolish opposition in World Cup matches is awesome, but nothing rivalled seeing a live match.


As for the actual thing, we had eight events ranging from football to caroms. It was fun to watch basketball especially...well, actually the cute guys more than the game itself. ;-)


Spree saw some hard-fought battles; some easy wins, but a lot of sporting spirit. But it literally rained on our parade, when the last few matches of Spree were cancelled due to unseasonal heavy rains. Ahh, not to worry, we’ll be back in full force this year.


Spree’s supposed to start off with a grand marathon. In last year’s marathon, most people gave it up half-way, but they did enjoy the run, and hopefully burnt off a few annoying fat cells. The Spree teaser is out already. And guess what, we’re having cricket too!


Anywho, the Spree tagline and posters should be out soon (DePP is still working on it) and we’ll mail to your colleges soon. Do come to Goa for Spree’09, if not for the sports, then at least for the beach babes!


Shalini

P.S. The Spree website is up and running at http://www.bits-spree.org/