Nursery of ASI: Boys Sports Company
1. Army has a rich sports legacy which is preserved through professional nurturing of talent from young age. The Boys Sports Company (BSC) has played an important role in developing the right talent. The termination of Boys Companies in the Army in 1976 has had a direct bearing on the decline of sports in the services as the Boys Companies were nurseries from which many outstanding sportspersons in the past were spotted and trained. The project received fresh lease of life as a project under the Sports Authority of India (SAI) duly approved by the governing body in its 15th meeting held on 18 January 1991.
2. The Boys Sports Company, Army Sports Institute (BSC, ASI) was raised on 1st January 2006 under the ‘Mission Olympics Programme’ as a joint venture between SAI and Indian Army aimed at selecting and grooming potential talent in selected sports disciplines to achieve sporting excellence while pursuing education and later enrolling in the Army, thereby securing their future.
3. Boys Sports Company at Army Sports Institute with a capacity of 210 Sports Cadets is the only BSC of the Army which has the maximum number of Sports Cadets as this BSC Ensures a ‘Conveyer Belt Concept’ of providing next crop of elite athletes in seven disciplines i.e Athletics, Archery, Boxing, Diving, Fencing, Wrestling and Weightlifting. This is the only BSC which is not co-located/ Dependent on any Regimental center. It is collocated/dependent on Army Sports Institute which houses world class infrastructure and excellent support staff as coaches, physical conditioners and consultants from India and aboard. Army Sports Institute is responsible for technical and administrative control of this Boys Sports Company.
Enrolment Criteria for Bsc
S. No. | Disciplines | Age at entry level |
Height |
Weight | |
1 |
All disciplines (Except Swimming, diving & Gym) |
11 to 16 Yrs |
10-11 yrs, 12 yrs 13 yrs, 14 yrs |
NA 153 cm 155 cm 160 cm |
NA 35 Kg 42 Kg 47 Kg |
2 | Swimming & Gym | 09 to 13 Yrs |
10-11 yrs, 12 yrs 13 yrs, |
NA 153 cm 155 cm |
NA 35 Kg 42 Kg |
3 | Diving |
10 to 11 Yrs 12 to 16 Yrs |
10-11 yrs, 12 yrs 13 yrs, 14 yrs |
NA
153 cm 155 cm 160 cm |
NA 35 Kg 42 Kg 47 Kg |
NA is Normally Accepted.
Selection Process: In presence of representative of DGMT & SAI, candidates selected are mad to go through Physiological, Motor quality, Psychological, discipline wise skill tests and detailed medical check up by the RMO.
8th Asian Age Aqauaic Championship Thailand Nb Sub Ramananda (Diving) 3 MTR Synchronised - Gold 1 MTR Spring Board - Silver 3 MTR Spring Board - Silver Rect Nb Sub Siddharth Pardeshi (Diving) 3 MTR Synchronised - Gold 10 MTR Platform - Gold 3 MTR Spring Board - Bronze S/C Sandeep Das (Diving) 1 MTR Spring Board - Bronze India, 11 - 16 Oct 2015 S/C Lalu Taku Weightlifting (69 Kg) Youth - Gold & Best Lifter S/C Deepak Lather Weightlifting (62 Kg) Youth - Gold Junior - Gold Senior - Gold S/C Jam Jang Deru Weightlifting (56 Kg) Youth - Gold Junior - Gold Senior - Silver
S/C Achinta Sheuli Weightlifting (56 Kg) Youth - Silver S/C Kojumtaba Weightlifting (77 Kg) Junior - Gold S/C Ajay Singh Weightlifting (77 Kg) Junior - Silver Samoa, 30 - 11 Sep 2015 Sports Cadet Jim Jang Deru Weightlifting - Gold Medal Sports Cadet Deepak Lather Weightlifting - Gold Medal
Sports Cadet Nishant Kumawat Archery - Silver Medal Sports Cadet Gaurav Solanki Boxing - Silver Medal Sports Cadet Bhimchand Boxing - Bronze Medal Commonwealth Fencing Championship (South Africa)
Sports Cadet Karan Singh Fencing - Sabre 01 Gold & 01 Silver 2014 YOUTH OLYMPICS, NANJING, CHINA
Sports Cadet Atul Verma, Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), 09-12 Jul 2015
Sports Cadet Bharat Patil Wrestling - 50 Kg (Free Style) Silver Medal 2010 YOUTH OLYMPICS, SINGAPORE
Nb Sub Durgesh Kumar Pal Sports Cadet Shiv Thapa, Sports Cadet Vikas Kishen, 8th Asian Age Aqauaic Championship
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship
Fifth Commonwealth Youth Games
Junior & Cadet Commonwealth Fencing Championship
2014 Youth olymics, Nanjing, China
Archery (Recurve), Bronze MedalJunior Asian Wrestling Championship
2010 Youth Olympics, Singapore
400 M Hurdles Silver Medal
Boxing Men 56 Kg, Silver Medal
Boxing Men 60 Kg, Bronze Medal