2-Day 61st Sports & Athletics Meet Concluded

Olympian & Dhyanchand Awardee Brigadier (Retd.) Labh Singh was Chief Guest

Amritsar, Feb. 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – On the concluding day of two-day sports and athletics meet of DAV College, Hathi Gate at sports complex Shastri Nagar, the day started with 800 meter Race (boys), Shot Put Race (boys), High Jump & Long Jump of girls and boys respectively. In the later half of the day, various other events were also held like Javelin Throw, Sack Race, Relay Race, obstacle race and many others. Brigadier (Retd.) Labh Singh, Olympian & Dhyanchand Awardee was the chief guest on the occasion. He was received by Principal Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate Sudershan Kapoor, Chairman of Local Managing Committee and members of sports board Dr. Darshan Deep Arora (President), Dr. B B Yadav (Secretary Sports Board and HoD), Dr. Vikas Bhardwaj (Joint Secretary) and other members of the sports board. Principal Dr. Rajesh Kumar extended a floral welcome to chief guest Brigadier (Retd.) Labh Singh and appreciated his presence on the occasion. While speaking, Dr. Rajesh Kumar highlighted the achievements of the college in the area of sports and assured to provide best possible environment to the sport persons of the college.

Brigadier (Retd.) Labh Singh congratulated the college for the grand success of the two-day event in which more than 800 students participated overall. He congratulated all the prize winners and shared some of his life experiences in order to address the need of sports in daily life. Dr. B B Yadav, Head Department of Physical Education read out the annual report (2015-2016) of the sports department in which he highlighted the achievements of the department at international, national and state level events.

In the valedictory function, prizes were awarded to more than 250 sports persons who brought laurels to the college while participating in different formats of sports at different levels. Among the medallions of eminence were:

1. Roll of Honour was given to Akash Vashist (Cricket) for his outstanding performance in Ranjhi Trophy while playing for Himachal Pradesh Team in year 2015-2016
2. Player of the Year award was given to Inderdeep Singh (Judo) for being adjudged the best Judoka of Guru Nanak Dev University and for winning Gold Medal in his weight category.
3. Award of Appreciation were given to Siddharth Arora (Squash) and Kishan Kant (Chess) for their mesmerized performance at state level competitions.

In the closing ceremony, various cultural events were witnessed like folk dance etc. vote of thanks was given by Dr. Darshan Deep Arora, President Sports Board. The function ended with a National Anthem.