*Maj Gen Guha awards winners, runner-ups
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 13: North Zone Inter Sainik Schools Sports Meet hosted by Sainik School Nagrota concluded today.
On the occasion, Major General BK Guha, Chief of Staff, HQ 16 Corps and Chairman, Local Board of Administration of the school was the chief guest.
Col Kapil Dev Koushal, Principal presented the welcome address and gave a brief description of the Inter Sainik Schools Sports Meet and its significance in grooming the personality of the cadets.
Major General BK Guha awarded medals to the Runners-up and Winners of Basketball, Volleyball, Hockey, Football Juniors, Football Sub-juniors and also trophies to the winners of literary Competitions.
In his inspirational address to the cadets of five North Zone Sainik Schools, Major General expressed confidence that the cadets who proved their mettle in sports in this North Zone Sports Meet will devote their time to studies equally and clear the UPSC-NDA Written Examination in large numbers and bring laurels to their respective Sainik Schools.
The chief guest also shared reminiscences of his school days wherein he had been an ardent player of Hockey.
Earlier, Sainik School Nagrota lifted the North Zone Basketball Championship by defeating Sainik School Kapurthala in a closely contested match. Favourites Sainik School Kunjpura survived pressure and clinched the Volleyball Trophy, closely followed by Sainik School Nagrota who won three out of their four league matches and finished runners-up.
In Hockey, the trophy was bagged by Sainik School Sujanpur Tira while both Junior and Sub-junior titles in Football went to Sainik School Ghorakhal.
On the literary front, Sainik School Nagrota won the Inter Sainik Schools Hindi Debate Championship. Cadet Molu Prasad of the host school stood first in this competition. Sainik School Kapurthala bagged the English Debate trophy and Cadet Dhananjay Jasrotia of Sainik School Nagrota bagged the first prize while Sainik School Kunjpura emerged winners in the North Zone Quiz Competition by a narrow margin.
In the colourful cultural extravaganza, all the participating contingents presented cultural items at the School Auditorium highlighting their regional cultural heritage.
Sainik School Sujanpur Tira was crowned Champions of the North Zone Sainik Schools Cultural Championship for scintillating performance on stage. Sainik School Nagrota, being the hosts did not figure in this competition although their show won a resounding applause from the audience.
The North Zone Champions of each of these games will proceed to participate in the All India Sainik Schools Inter Zonal Championship to be held at different venues across the country later this year.
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