HISTORY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

        Education of the whole person implies physical development in harmony with other aspects of the educational processes. Education in this college includes a well-developed programme of sports and games. In addition to strengthening the body sports programmes help the students learn to accept both success and failure graciously. 

        The games were started in the college with the academic programme as recreation and relaxation for the students. Dedicated Reverend Fathers and the enthusiastic staff members trained the college students for various inter collegiate competitions.

          Mr. D.S. Anthonymuthu served this institution as the first physical director of this college. The college was affiliated to the University of Madras, Madras. He set the base for the greater glory and new heights that we achieve. Football, volleyball, hockey and athletics were prominent in those days and the college fielded the teams in the inter collegiate matches and brought laurels to the college. They traveled far and wide to play the matches in the inter collegiate, inter divisional and university matches. The impact was such the college became familiar in hockey and volleyball in the fifties.

         Major S. Benedict served the institution as the second physical director of this college from 1960. He consolidated the existing base in sports. Many dignitaries, who hold high position in most of the institutions and banks were, learned the skills and ability in mastery of playing hockey and volleyball from him. In his tenure the college won many university titles in hockey, football, volleyball and athletics. This college won the much-coveted Pentuland shield in hockey for 14 times and the shield is decorating the college permanently. 

     The college dominated in the open inter collegiate tournaments in Tamilnadu and Kerala in hockey and volleyball.  

       In 1971the college hosted the All India Inter University Hockey matches in the Stadium grounds of the college. To accommodate the hockey audience of palyamkottai two large galleries were constructed. When the college shifted its affiliation to the newly formed Madurai Kamaraj University, it played and healthier and stealer role for the development sports in the university. Many players of the college represented the university in various games. Even now Madurai Kamaraj dominates in Hockey, because they learned the trade from this college. 

        His place was taken by Dr. A. Laurence Selvaraj in 1988. The same sports tempo left by his predecessor  is being followed by him. In 1989 the college created a record by winning the Bertram Shield in Volleyball three years consecutively. It was rare distingshion to achieve that the college won the most of the inter collegiate  and open tournaments  to its pocket.. In 1991 the college won the Dr. M. Vartharasanar  trophy for contributing the most number of university players to the univeristy teams for the first time.

        In 1991 the college was affiliated to the newly formed Manonmanium Sundaranar  University.

          The college has its flag fluttering high in the university  in various games. In most of the teams sent by the university  or the district associations the sportsmen of the college are seen. In the late eighties  and the early nineties there were three concrete basketball courts were laid for the development of the college basketball team. 

           In 1995, when M.S. Uiversity conducted the All India Inter university Cricket Tournament the college stadium was one of the venues for the matches.  When the college celebrated the Platinum Jubilee, It started conducting state level inter Collegiate tournaments in volleyball, Basketball and Hockey. 

          G. Benedict Starli won the Gold in High Jump in the 14^th Faker Indoor International meet  at Iran.

          The college Football team is the champions club of the District and it is being invited for the past  by the Tamilnadu Football Association for the Champion club tournament conducted by it. In the Year 2002 the department is housed in new two storeyed  building  in the stadium, inclusive of some rooms for accommodation of the players 

          St. Xavier’s Will be synonymous with sports. The college has conducted many coaching camps for the university and district players by the university and the association. 

Academic Programmes 

          Coaching camps in various games are conducted in the beginning of the academic year. Inter department competitions are conducted in various games for the students of the college. Sports day is conducted, every year in a grand manner.  when ever the University or the District associations request the college for the conduct of any coaching camps, such programmes or conducted by the college.

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