General Council including patron, life members, old boys' association representatives and MCGS old girls' representatives. Council of monitors and sports captains The school has a council of monitors consisting of students with posts dealing with school and house duties. There is a monitor and a prefect from each senior house. There are positions held by the students who excel in fields like academics, sports and co-curricular activities. Apart from the council of monitors, there are captains for each sport. Positions are held by the students of 12th class or, rarely, by juniors. Houses There are twelve houses of which six are senior houses, 3 holding houses (each for Class 7, 8 and 9) and three junior houses (for Class 4, 5 and 6) The senior houses are Ajmer, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kashmir and Rajasthan. The holding houses are Bikaner & Tonk, Colvin and Oman. The junior houses are Ajaypal, Durgadas and Prithviraj. Each house can accommodate 60–75 students, except for Oman which has a capacity of 120–130 students. Sports Mayo College has some of the best sporting facilities among the top boarding schools of India. There are facilities for students and staff consisting of playing fields for football and hockey and a cricket ground with a view of the Aravali Hills and an old red sandstone pavilion. Horse riding was discontinued after Independence and revived again in 1993 with ten horses. Today, Mayo College has more than 60 horses and close to 250 boys and girls are trained. Mayo has ten polo players who practice at the Sawai Man Singh II polo ground. Students are trained in events like Show Jumping, Pig Sticking, Tent Pegging, Dressage, etc. Mayo College has participated in national level polo competitions and produced players like Himmat Singh Bedla, Nagender Singh, Pratap Singh, Sarveshwar Singh, Dhruv Singh. The school participated in the SUPA International Polo Tournament held in the UK in 2008. Mayo College actively participates in the Jodhpur polo season and the Delhi Horse Show. Squash players may choose between the modern glass-backed courts or the historic Fanshawe courts, open to the sky. Mayo College has a nine-hole golf course which was built recently. It also has many basketball courts. There is a standard 400m running track. Athletics is one of the major seasonal and coaching sports. Tennis is one of the most popular sports in Mayo College. The Junior School and Senior School boys