The concluding day dawned bright and clear as the participants of the North Zone III Inter DPS Basketball Tournament Girls (Open) 2016, who waited in eager anticipation for the final match after three days of sweat and toil, trials and tribulations, heights of tension, depths of despair, cheers, tears and excitement unlimited.
The closing event was marked by the arrival of dignitaries who were greeted with a melodious song by the school choir and a floral welcome by the student council. The chief guest for the closing ceremony was B K Joshi who is chairman of the fourth Uttarakhand finance commission, He was welcomed by the head boy, Sahil Babbar, and the head girl, Aaniya Johri.
Speaking to the Pioneer, principal of host school K C Pandey said, “The sports play an important role in our lives. They enable us to treat victory and defeat in a playful manner and also contribute towards our holistic development. We keep organising sports tournaments in our school giving them exposure to competitive atmosphere."
B K Joshi awarded trophy to the winning team and congratulated the school Principal for hosting hordes of tournaments in badminton, basketball and others.Not only academics but sports too are an eminent part of school course curricula in all the 300 branches of Delhi public schools across the country, he said.
Earlier on Friday the DPS flag was hoisted by AGM Tax and township administrator Atul Saxena and Sandeep Jain of Akums Pharmaceuticals to mark the opening of tournament. Ashmita Wadhwa, the captain of DPS Ranipur, administered the sportsmanship oath. On the closing day Sunday, Joshi showered his blessings on all the participants and declared the tournament officially close. To set an enthusiastic flow for the day, an energetic aerobics performance was presented by the students of Delhi Public School Ranipur.
Teams from ten schools of DPS from Agra, Allahabad, Bareilley, Dehradun, Moradabad, Roorkee, Saharanpur, Eldeco lucknow and Ranipur competed in the three day long tournament. The opening match was played between DPS Agra and DPS Moradabad which DPS Agra won with the score 32-0. Three teams of Agra, Ranipur and Roorkee reached the finals and in the first three category. The students were seen visiting the school website for the final scores each day which kept the live magic of the tournament on.