Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar celebrates National Sports Day on Thursday.
City Air News photo: Amit Anand
Jalandhar, August 29, 2013: Continuing its tradition of enthusiastically celebrating National Sports Day, Lyallpur Khalsa College today organised a cross-country competition in which over 150 sportspersons participated displaying their vigour, zeal and sportsmanship.
The event was organised by the department of physical education and sports department to commemorate the birth anniversary of the hockey legend Major Dhyanchand in which champion athletes of university medal winning teams participated. The Chief Guest of the occasion was former olympian and alumnus of the college S. Harpreet Singh Mander, ADCP, Crime Branch, Punjab Police Jalandhar. Principal Dr G.S. Samra, HOD Dr. Jaspal Singh, and Dean Sports Kulwant Singh Sandhu welcomed the guest, Participants and spectators.
Athlete Abhishek won the first prize and the whole hockey team won the overall trophy.
Recalling his old days and experiences in the college, the chief guest praised the college for its contribution to sports and support to budding athletes.
On this occasion Dr. Samra congratulated the sportsman for bringing laurels to the college by winning the coveted Teja Singh Samundri Overall Championships trophy for record thirteen times and reiterated his commitment to extend and increase support to its sportspersons in terms of freeships, incentives, infrastructure, free diets availability of skilled coaches maintenance of grounds medical aid and availability of equipment on which the college is already spending huge sum to promote sports in educational institutions in particular and Punjab in general.
Prof. Gopal Singh Butar managed the stage while HOD Jaspal Singh read the sports report. Principal Dr. Samra gave away the prizes to the winners and Dr. Kulwant Sandhu read the vote of thanks.