The College Sports day took place on
the 29th of May with
enhanced professional effects, and
under perfect weather conditions
favourable for the event. There was
pomp and glory amidst drumbeats and
synchronized drill of aerobics and
parade as the Chief Guest, Mr.
Tominita, Resident Representative of
JICA, declared the sports meet open
by lighting the significant sports
flame at 9 a.m.
Unlike in the
past, this year’s Sports Day
demanded mass participation and
quality performance, according to
Mr. Puspalal Sharma, a member
secretary of the Health and Physical
Education Department (HPED). They
maintained their standard through
mass participation from the eight
collaborative groups in various
track and field events, and quality
by maintaining certain criteria as
university bench mark in which
deserving winners were selected and
duly recognized. This was to allow
the participants enhance their
skills and take part at higher level
competitions.
As usual, the
participants enjoyed the competitive
athletic spirit with all kinds of
runs, the relays and field events.
The scoreboard kept the competitive
spirit among the athletes alive
throughout the day as group scores
kept changing. Relentlessly, the
Collaborative Groups were credited
with points on the board that will
count towards the final assessment
for the Champion Collaborative Group
of the year. Gold, Silver and Bronze
medals were awarded by the chief
guest and other distinguished guests
to the winners of the day.
According to
the Health and Physical Education
Department, such an event is not
just to fulfill their vision of the
sports department, which is
“Excellence in sports” but is also
to put things into practice and
concretize their statement of “Gross
National Happiness through
individual fitness.”
This year’s Sports Day saw a shift
from the traditional culture in
which the faculties always played a
key role. The reason why the college
is bursting at its seams with pride
is that the students took complete
charge, right from the meticulous
planning to running the day. It was
a complete students’ show, but it
turned out to be more organized and
interesting than the preceding
year.
Bravo!!!
Sonam
Dhendup and Dawa
