Doha: The 31st Annual Sports Meet of Ideal Indian School concluded with great fanfare and fascinating performance by 1,200 students. Earlier, some 3500 students took part in the preliminary rounds of various track and field events under sub-junior, junior, senior and super senior categories.
The grand finale was held recently where Hassan Ali M Abdulla, Assistant CEO, Milaha Trading declared the meet open after taking salutes of the marching athletes and hoisting the school flag. Girish Kumar KR, President, Indian Cultural Centre was the Guest of Honour.
Addressing the gathering Hassan Ali M Abdulla expressed his joy and happiness on his presence in the School’s sports meet and he wished all success to the school’s sports activities. School President Hassan Kunhi said that participation in sports activities makes a person healthy whereby it creates a healthy nation and high productivity. A colourful display of mass drill by the students of Junior, Boys’ and Girls’ Sections enthralled the spectators with their mesmerising uniformity and cohesion.
At the end of the day the champions in various sections of the school were:
The Blue House bagged the Best in March Past for both for Boys and Girls’ Sections.
House contingents of boys were led by the Head Boy Alhaj Ashraf and Assistant Head Boy Roshan Hegde, while Nadine D’Souza, the Head Girl and Rafia Islam, the Assistant Head Girl led the girls’ contingents. Arundhathi Devi, Sports Secretary of Girls’ Section welcomed the gathering while Mayank Walia, Sports Secretary of Boys’ Section proposed vote of thanks.
Vice Principal Padma Ramaswamy, Headmistress Nazima Bi Girls’ Section and Mohamed Nowfal, Head of Physical Education coordinated the programme.
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