Sports Facilities
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and to lose, it teaches you about life.
St Joseph's offers exclusive facilities to sports players to ensure that sports are given equal importance as academics
- exceptional gym facilities
- free sportswear and gear
- all the training equipment for overall physical fitness
- nutritious food
- trained by professional coaches.
- Morning 5 – 7 AM
- Evening 4 – 7 PM (under flood lights)
| Basketball | 3 |
| Volleyball | 3 |
| Tennis | 3 |
| Kabaddi | 3 |
| Handball | 1 |
| Football | 3 |
| Hockey | 2 |
| Cricket | 2 |
| Ball Badminton | 3 |
| Athletic track | 1 |
We have a sports village covering about an astounding 30 acres with well-maintained venues for various sports and games.
Sports scholarships – Rs 3 Crores every year
Cash awards on Achiever's Day
Sports students - Rs 3.5 Lakhs
Athletes - Rs 1.71 Lakhs
Coaches - Rs 1.6 Lakhs
No wonder our students achieve at National and International levels every year!
St. Joseph's has the highest intake of sports students. In the current batch around 78 students have been admitted through sports quota.
It is an undeniable fact that St. Joseph's was the pioneer to start sports quota admissions in the Tamil Nadu and this was followed by all the other reputed institutions.
St. Joseph's also conducts the following events:
- Special Olympics
- FIDE Chess Tournament
- Mini National Volleyball Tournament
- St. Joseph's Korf Ball Tournament
- St. Joseph's CFA Football Tournament
- St. Joseph's South Zone Inter-collegiate Athletic Meet
- Shri Raghavendra Basketball Tournament
- Junior Inter-District Basketball Tournament
St. Joseph’s Volley Ball Academy
St. Joseph’s Volley Ball Academywas started by St. Joesph’s Group of Institutions in the year 2013. It has been the best team from the year 2014 due
to the untiring efforts of its trainer, Mr. Jayaprakash S.
St. Joseph’s Group of Institution was integrated with Veludayar Higher Sec. School which is located in Tiruvarur district in the year 2014.The volleyball team won the first place in ‘B’ Division Tournament
conducted in the year 2015 and it was selected for ‘A’ Division Volley ball Tournament due to the Encouragement, Guidance and Constant support from
St. Joseph’s Group of Institutions
During 2017-2018, its noteworthy to mention several outstanding teams like Karnataka Postal, Chennai Customs, ICF Chennai Departments etc. have been defeated by our Academic team.In the Anna university Inter Zone Tournament, the Volleyball team defeated Panimalar Engineering College and Chennai team emerged as “CHAMPIONS” and there were SIX PLAYERS who were selected for all India Inter University Tournament who represented the Anna University Team and also the all India Inter Colligate Tournament in IIT MADRAS. Our team defeated Panimalar Engineering College in straight sets of (25-23 , 25-18 , 25-15) and finally emerged victories. In another tournament of SVCE Trophy, our team defeated Panimalar Engineering College in straight sets and marched towards victory.St. Joseph’s Volley Ball AcademySelvavinayagam V, Sugunan S, Subramani V, Balachandar K, Vignesh S represented Anna University in south zone inter University tournament and secured third place, they also secured second place in All India University
Tournament.These victories are attributed to the sincere hard work of St. Joseph’s Sports Academy
| S.NO. | NAME OF THE TOURNAMENT | VENUE | DATE OF THE TOURNAMENT | PLACE ACHEIVED |
| 1. | Y.M.C.A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | YMCA, ROYAPETH | 31-07-2019 to 02-08-2019 | SECOND PLACE |
| 2. | 87th BETRAM STATE LEVEL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | LOYOLA COLLEGE, CHENNAI | 04-08-2019 to 07-08-2019 | FOURTH PLACE |
| 3. | G-ONE STATE LEVEL INVITATION TOURNAMENT | VEDHARNEYAM, NAGAPATTINAM | 19-06-2019 to 21-06-2019 | THIRD PLACE |
| 4. | ANNA UNIVERSITY ZONE TOURNAMENT | JAIN COLLEGE, D.B.CHENNAI | 17-10-2019 | FIRST PLACE |
| 5. | ANNA UNIVERSITYINTER-ZONE TOURNAMENT | PAAVAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAMAKKAL | 02-11-2019 to 03-11-2019 | SECOND PLACE |
| 6. | CIT INTER COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | CHENNAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI | 31-01-2020 | THIRD PLACE |
| 7. | SVCE INTER COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | SRI VENKATESHWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI |
31-01-2020 | THIRD PLACE |
| 8. | 6th THANTHAI PERIYAR STATE LEVEL INVITATION TOURNAMENT | ONGC, RAMANATHAPURAM | 10-01-2020 to 12-01-2020 | FIRST PLACE |
| 9. | SEETHAIAMMAL MEMORIAL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT | VADUGAPATTY, THENI | 15-01-2020 to 17-01-2020 | THIRD PLACE |
| 10. | 69th SENIOR STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP | S.V.N COLLEGE, MADURAI | 03-12-2019 to 06-12-2019 | TOP EIGHT |
St. Joseph’s Tamil Thalaivas Kabaddi Academy
St. Joseph’s Tamil Thalaivas Kabaddi Academy was founded in the year 2018 by St. Joseph’s Group of Institutions. The Academy has various teams for different age groups for boys and girls: boys- Under 14, Under 17, Under 19 and girls - Under 17. It has proved its outstanding performance at various levels with the efforts of the trainer, Mr. C. Nivas. St. Joseph’s Group of Institutions has collaborations with Evans Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tharamani and Brotherhood Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Neelankarai to offer schooling for the players. All the 35 boys and 14 girls of the teams are provided Schooling, Accommodation and Food Free of cost. A total of Rs. 30,00,000 is spent for the players every year
| S.NO. | Date(s) | Name of the Tournament / Meet | Category | Venue | Result |
| 1. | 12/08/2019 & 14/08/2019 | KONGU TROPHY (STATE LEVEL SCHOOL TOURNAMENT) |
Under-19 (Boys) | KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE, ERODE | 1st Place wits Rs 10,000 Cash Prize |
| 2. | 18/09/2019 & 19/09/2019 | CHERAN TROPHY (STATE LEVEL SCHOOL TOURNAMENT) |
Under-19 (Boys) | CHERAN ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, KARAIKUDI | 2nd Place with Rs 5,000 Cash Prize |
| 3. | 19/10/2019 | EVAANS TROPHY (U-19) | Under-19 (Boys) | EVANNS MATRICULATION SCHOOL, CHENNAI | 1st Place with Rs 10,000 Cash Prize |
| 4. | 21/10/2019 | VIVEKANANDA TROPHU (INTER SCHOOL TOURNAMENT) |
Under-19 (Boys) | VIVEKANANDA VIDHYALAYA, CHENNAI | 1st Place with Rs 5,000 Cash Prize |
| 5. | 24/10/2019 | VELAMMAL TROPHY (INTER SCHOOL TOURNAMENT) |
Under-14 (Boys) Under-17 (Boys) |
VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, MUGAPER | 1st Place with Rs 5,000 Cash Prize |
| 6. | 30/12/2019 | SAI RAM TROPHY (STATELEVEL INTER SCHOOL TROPHY) |
Under-19 (Boys) | SAI RAM COLLEGEOF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI | 1st Place with Rs 7,000 Cash Prize |
| 7. | 20/12/2019 | TNTER SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (U-19) | Under-19 (Boys) | MAHARISHI SCHOOL, CHENNAI | 1st Place with Rs 5,000 Cash Prize |
| 8. | 07/02/2020 | OLOGY TROPHY | Under-14 (Boys) Under-19 (Boys) |
VELAMMAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PONNERI | 1st Place with Rs. 6,000 Cash Prize |
