The swimmers of the Ecole Globale International Girls’ School (EGIGS), Dehradun have won the II EGIGS Inter-School Invitational Swimming Championship 2017. The host school aggregated a total of 285 points in the various events held in the course of the two-day meet to emerge as the winners. The girls of Wynberg -Allen School, Mussoorie were runners up with 165 points, while Vantage Hall Girls’ School, Dehradun were ranked third with 64 points.
Urvi Pansari of Ecole won the individual championship in the sub-junior category. In the junior category, the title went to Zenaida Palmkote of Wynberg-Allen, while Anushka Agarwal and Palak Garg, both from Ecole, were declared the individual champions in the Intermediate and Senior categories.
In the group championships, the teams of Ecole Globale won in the sub-junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions while Wynberg-Allen won in the junior division.
Six schools from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh participated in the championship.
In the prize distribution ceremony the Principal of the school Nandita Sahu appreciated the participants for their enthusiasm and spirit which helped make the competition a success, and reminded everyone of the importance of humility in victory.