EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 7: A weak long 16th annual sport meet of Dogra College of education was inaugurated by chairman of Dogra educational trust, Th. Gulchain Singh Charak here today.
On the first day of meet a few exhibition matches were played which include valley ball for boys, three leg race for Girls, Sack race for Boys Lemon Race for girls, crocodile race for boys and tug of war for boys.
Beside sport meet will have sporting events like Volleyball, Badminton, Kabaddi, Athletics, Shot Put, Kho Kho, Table Tennis, Chess etc.
Speaking on the occasion, Charak stressed that apart from imparting academic acknowledge to the students, various physical activities must also be encouraged for their overall development.
He emphasized that such type of sports events will go a long way in developing overall personality of the students, and congratulated the management, staff and students of the college for organizing such activities and hoped that these activities will continue in the near future also.
In her welcome address Principal of the College, Dr. Kiran Luthra emphasized that sports could play a major role in promoting and propagating peace with an understanding of the spirit of global participation and philosophy or sports.
Prominent among t hose who attended the function were Samar Dev Singh Charak, Prof. V.K. Kapoor, Director-cum-Principal, Dogra Law College, and Prof. B.D. Damral, Director, Dogra College of Education. The programme concluded with the vote of thanks moved by the Lect. Sumer Singh, Convener of Sports Committee.
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