Junior and primary wing students participated in the Annual Sports Day at Delhi Public School, Ranchi on Friday. Various sports activities including athletics, music and other cultural events marked the beginning of the celebration.
The event was graced by Dr louis Marandi, Minister Welfare, Women and Child Development along with Member of Managing Committee Sanjiv Kumar.
Various activities including athletics and cultural events marked the beginning of the celebration.
Addressing students, Dr louis Marandi, said, “Sports is the preserver of health and are means of mental and physical growth. Children should be engaged in outdoor games and sports on the regular basis. Apart, academics kids must concentrate on sports activities to excel in every sphere of life.”
Similarly, Principal Dr Ram Singh speaking on the occasion, highlighted on the fact that sports develop a feeling of sportsman spirit and one should learn to accept both victories and defeats with equal grace and acceptance in life.
The event started with the lighting of perpetual torch and with the opening march past by the six different houses which includes Chenab, Ganges, Jamuna, Jhelum, Ravi and Sutlej led by the six house captains.
Depicting the vivid colour of patriotism students presented a patriotic dazzling fusion dance on ‘Vande Matram’ which enthralled the audiences sitting in the gallery.
The event included rabbit race, frog race, candy race, three-legged race for Prep to class 2, whereas 50 meter, 80 meter, 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter and 800 meter flat race was organised for class 2 to class 8 students.
Few different categories of races like shuttle race, obstacle race, hulla race, and hopping race were also organised to motivate the students and entertain the audiences as well.
The individual championship trophy in boys’ category was bagged by Milan Sinha of Ganges house whereas in girls’ category Anisha Sharma of Ravi house bagged the prestigious honour.
The March past winner trophy were grabbed by Jamuna House for their incredible performance and best display.
Defeating, all other houses, Ravi House was declared overall champion.