Nagrota Sainik School clinch basketball title

Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 16

Hosts Sainik School, Nagrota, defeated Sainik School, Kapurthala, in the summit clash to clinch the basketball title as the week-long North Zone Inter-Sainik Schools Sports Meet-2015 concluded at Sainik School, Nagrota, here.

Maj Gen BK Guha, Chief of Staff, HQ 16 Corps, and chairman of the local board of administration of schools, was the chief guest who gave away medals to the winners of games and literary competitions.

The function was organised at the school aditorium. Col Kapil Dev Koushal, Principal, presented welcome address and gave a brief description of the Inter-Sainik Schools Sports Meet-2015 and its significance in grooming the personality of the cadets.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest mentioned that Sainik Schools were the perfect grooming grounds of cadets for an elite career as officers in the armed forces. The General expressed confidence that the cadets who proved their mettle in sports in the North zone sports meet would devote their time to studies equally and clear the UPSC-NDA written examination in large numbers and bring laurels to their respective Sainik Schools.

Meanwhile, 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 the competition.

Sainik School, Kapurthala, bagged the English debate trophy and cadet Dhananjay Jasrotia of Sainik School, Nagrota, bagged the first prize.