REGIONAL

KHO- KHO 

CHAMPION-

SHIP

Kanjikode:

 

THE SPORTS disciplines which originally evolved in India are not properly considered or attended by many and  more importance is given to foreign events like cricket is the problem of the period, said the international basket ball player Mr. T.K. Seshadri. He also demanded  appointing coaches to train children in schools in events like kho-kho.

He was inaugurating the three days regional kho –kho championship for the vidyalayas coming under the Chennai region at the ground in Kendriya vidyalaya Kanjikode, Palakkad. The inaugural session was presided by the principal Mr.K. P. Ravidas. Team members took over the pledge after the  report presented by the PET master R Sundaramurthy.

In the inaugural match Ottappalam team from girls category and team of Kendriya vidyalaya Thakkolam (Tamilnadu) from the boys category won. 

The closing ceremony was inaugurated by the Olympian coach Mr. A. K. Kutty. He demanded that the students should consider sports also as a career just like medicine and engineering.  For creating more opportunities sports should be definitely included in the special law making arena, in the concurrent list of subjects of government of India, Kutty directed. To propagate the importance of Kho-Kho   more coaches are to be appointed in schools and more competitions are to be organized at different levels. The fund provided for sports activities are to be increased and to be diverted among students for attaining better aims. Fortunately now a days the society is paying more attention to sportspersons. The chief guest, the general manager of M/s. Instrumentation Ltd., Palakkad and the vidyalaya management committee chairman Mr. A. K. Srivasthava  presented the prizes.

In the finals, the Kendriya vidyalaya team of Thakkolam, Tamil nadu( girls category) and the team from Kendriya vidyalaya became the winners.

A total of 14 teams of boys and 15 teams of girls, representing 29 schools from Kerala, Tamilnadu and Pondichery participated in the  regional match. There were 57 matches in total. 16 boys and 16 girls who shown higher level of performance were selected to represent the Chennai region to take part in the national level competitions.

              The vice principal of the vidyalaya KVVSRS Lakshmi proposed vote of thanks. It became an unforgettable event to all those hundreds of  students of various classes who attended the special session along with a team of teachers.

A.ABDUL SHUMZ

CLASS TEACHER   8C