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ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET CONCLUDES AT INDIAN SCHOOL SALALAH

Salalah: The Annual Athletic Meet of Indian School Salalah came to its conclusion with a splendid closing ceremony on 28th October 2017. Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi, Dean of College of Arts & Applied Sciences, DhofarUniversity,the chief guest of the function graced the occasion with his eminent presence.

Dr. Debashish C Bhattacharya, the president of the school management committee along with other members of the committee and the school principal Mr. T.R. Brown received the Chief Guest, Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi. The school Head Boy Master Hridith Sudev and the Head Girl Miss Ritika Raju pinned the badge and welcomed the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest was presented a Guard of Honour by the scouts and guides with the accompaniment of the school band. Miss.Ann Litta George presented a bouquet to Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi

Dr. Debashish C Bhattacharya, the president of the school management committee, in his welcome speech extended his hearty welcome to the chief guestProf. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi,  Mrs. Khalid Al Mashikhi, all the dignitaries representing the Indian diaspora in Salalah invitees, parents, staff and the students. He extended a warm welcome to the participants and teachers of the cluster athletic meet who were present on the occasion.While addressing the athletes he said, “Play the game in the true spirit of the game. Run the race as brotherhood and humanity are the final objectives to be won and not one’s personal goals”. He further advised the participants to make their parents and their alma mater proud.

 After the formal ceremony of welcome, finals of a few, thrilling, events were conducted. The 80 mts race, the 4x100 mts relay of A and B Group Boys as well as Girls evoked a lot of gusto among all the spectators, athletes and students. The meet also witnessed many records being broken. Miss VeeraCastelino (Discuss Throw-Group B), Master Answaf Siddiq(5000 mts-Group A), Miss Ann Mathew(800 mts-Group A), Miss AyushiPragya (800 mts –Group B), Master Hasher Iftikar (800 mts –group C), Miss Mariam Thomas (400 mts-Group C) ,Miss Greeshma Rosario (1500 mts Group A) , Miss Ancy Thomas (1500 mts Group B) and Hussain Ahmed (80 mts- Group A) set new meet records.  Soon after the track events,the athletes accompanied by their teachers in charge of their Houses assembled for the prize distribution.On this occasion, the President of SMC- Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya  highlighted the contribution of Mr. Naser Ahmed Basra, one of the generous benefactors who played a major role in the face-lifting of the school playground and he was honoured with a memento presented to him by the chief guest  in appreciation of his work.

Mr. L. Mohandas, the Head of the Physical Education Department presented the Annual Report which highlighted the activities and achievements of the Sports Department. He threw light on the school’s commendable performance in the recently concluded  CBSE Oman Clusters athletic meet in Muscat where IS Salalah was declared the first runner up. In Tennis and football, in the U-17 category, the ISS teams gave tough challenge to their opponents before settling for the runners up position. The contingent of 36 athletes from I.S. Salalah secured 211 points in the CBSE Cluster Level athletic meet and was declared the first runner up. The athletes were honoured and their medals and trophies were given away along with the other athletes on  the closing ceremony of the school’s Annual Athletic Meet. He further appraised that IS Salalah won medals in Chess and Long Jump conducted by the Ministry of Oman.

In his brief address, the chief guest, Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi, expressed his gratitude and happiness to witness and be a part of the athletic meet. He had three short but very important messages to the audience. He called upon the management, teachers and support staff to keep on doing the good job. He thanked the team for not only educating the Indian students but world leaders of tomorrow. He encouraged the parents and the community to support the school. He offered the support of Dhofar University. He advised the students and athletes to enrich their talents and nurture the core values of Indian School such as hard-work, commitment and discipline.

The trophies and medals for various athletic events and cluster events were given away by the President of SMC, members of SMC and the dignitaries present. The Chief Guest, Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi gave away the prizes and trophies to the group A individual champions and  the winner and runner up  Houses.

The individual  championship trophies for group B,C and D were given away by  Mrs. Khalid Al Mashikhi. Bharatikalyani (group D), Mariam Thomas (group C) and Cheryl Johanna (Group B) were declared the individual champions in their respective category. In group D, AzisMohd Islam and in group C HasharIftakar Ahmed won the individual champions trophies. In group B, Master Joseph Vivek Basil became the individual champion and secured the maximum 20 points and bagged the pure gold medal award.

Miss FathimaIfrath and master Nazar El Khadzh scored the highest points in  Group A and sealed the Champion’s Trophies and pure  Gold Medals. The prizes were sponsored by Mr.G.D.Rajput(former Treasurer of SMC) and Dr.Abubacker Siddique(Member, SMC). The most coveted, Dr. Banodkar trophy was shared by the group A champions, Miss fathima Ifrath and Master NazarEl Khadzh

In the senior category A &B, GreenHouse clinched the championship with 167 points and Yellow House became the runners up, securing 130 points. In group C&D, Yellow House with 126 points emerged as the winners and Blue House finished runners up gaining 74 points. On this occasion, a rolling trophy for Badminton, sponsored by Dr. Debashish C Bhattacharya to promote the game, was announced and awarded to the winners.

As a token of love and gratitude,Prof. Dr.Khalid Al Mashikhi was  presented with a memento by Dr. Debashish C Bhattacharya in the presence of Dr. Biju T Sayed and Mr. T.R. Brown.

Finally, the Flag Lowering Ceremony, which signifies the end of the School Annual Athletic Meet was observed. As per the school tradition,  Miss.FathimaIfrath, the champion ofGroup  A lowered the School Flag and presented it to Master  Nazar El Khadzh, the joint champion for the year 2017. He, then handed it over to the school Head Boy Master HriditSudev who handed it over to the sports secretaries of the four Houses. Them Master Vivek Basil, who scored the maximum points of 20 in Group B folded the flag and gave it to the school Principal  . The Annual Athletic Meet for the year 2017 came to an end with the Vote of thanks proposed by P.E.T, Mrs.Ponni Baskar.

 

 

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