In an ambience of impeccable sportsmanship on display, during the Sahodaya Complex ‘Inter-School Athletics Meet’ the event culminated with a grand ceremony on Sunday at Col Gadeock Stadium.
Neera Yadav, MlA, Koderma graced was the chief guest on the occasion. The closing ceremony rolled into action with an eye-catching march-past by the eight participating schools.
In her address to the participants of the meet, Neera Yadav appreciated the sincere efforts of the Principal, Sainik School Tilaiya and his team members for making the event a grand success.
She specifically emphasised upon the participants, the importance of participating with zeal in such events as these kind of events help on extracting the full potential of the students in all fields.
She also expressed her appreciation for the disciplined turn out of the SST cadets. In his welcome address, Col VK Bhat, Principal, expressed his hearty gratitude to the chief guest for her enthusiastic approach to this mega meet.
The Principal also extended his thanks to Prabhash Dutta, BDO, Tilaiya and Avnish Kumar, DSP, Barhi and all who attended the event. In the 100mtrs sprint, Karan Krishna of SST bagged the first position. The second event of 4x100mtrs (girls) had a tough fight for the top honours wherein Adarsh+2 High School secured the first position. In the final event of 4x100mtrs (Boys) the first position was bagged by the boys of SST.
The honour of best athelete (Boys) was shared between cadets Om Prakash and Kiran Krishna from Sainik School Tilaiya. Sweta Kumari of Adarsh+2 High School was adjudged the best athelete in the girl’s category.
Sainik School Tilaiya (SST) was adjudged the champion in the boy’s category and in the girls category; the top spots were taken by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV). As a token of appreciation, a shawl and memento was also presented to the chief guest Neera Yadav.