With the objective to create awareness among the budding football stars of the Capital City and to motivate the footballers of the U/17 age group, Delhi Public School in association with Hermes Voyage Kolkata will host its first ever Inter School Football Tournament: ‘Ranchi Cup-2017’.
The tournament will be organised on the campus premises on September 21 and September 22. The young and aspiring footballers will get selected for specialized training by the finest coaches of world famous Football Club (FC) Barcelona.
Dr. Ram Singh, Principal, DPS, Ranchi, said that this is an attempt to promote sports with the motto ‘Right to Play as Per Right to Educate’. He also said that physical development is as important as the intellectual growth of an individual. Singh further stated that the school management firmly attempts to bring out the potential of the students in every field be it academics or sports.
The football tournament will be a league cum Knock out Tournament in which teams from various schools of Capital City will participate. Indrani Sarkar, National Head of Hermes Voyage said that their firm which is a sport and travel life style Company promotes all disciplines of sports. She also said that after visiting various schools of Ranchi they found only DPS Ranchi to be the best place to host this event.
In this tournament, the teams of several schools will compete for the winning title. Also, the Best Player and the Best Goal Keeper of the tournament along with the winning team will be awarded with the ticket for U/17 FIFA World Cup.