ORANGE City boys and Ira International girls made winning start to their campaign in the two-day G H Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and GH Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology organised Five-A-Side Hockey Tournament at its Hingna campus on Monday. In the boys section, Orange City beat Anjani Sports Club 5-3 via tie-breaker. In the girls category, Yashwasi Kubde and Palak Sharma found the board. Triathlon competition on National Sports Day NAGPUR District Athletics Association, Sai Khelo India Training Centre, Department of Sports and Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University will be jointly organising Kids Triathlon on the occasion of National Sports Day, at RTMNU Sports Complex, Ravi Nagar. 50m run, shot put, and Javelin throw competition will be held. First four finishers will be awarded gold, silver, bronze (3rd and 4th) medals.

 

Those interested can contact Ganesh Wani at RTMNU Sports Complex till 2 pm on Augast 29. The competition will start at 3.00 pm. The competition will be inaugurated by Dr Aditya Soni, Dr Manoj Ambadkar, Nitin Jangitwar, Umesh Naidu, Ramchandra Wani, Archana Kottewar. The prize distribution will be done by Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director, Department of Sports and Physical Education, RTMNU, Nagpur District Athletics Association President Gurudev Nagarle, Dr Vibekanad Singh, Prof Anil Bhore, Vinod Pachghare and others. Bhavans’ branches to celebrate sports day Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir’s Wathoda and Koradi branches will be celebrating National Sports Day at their school premises.

 

At Wathoda, the chief guest for the event will be Pro League kabaddi player Shashank Wankhede. Tributes will be paid to Major Dhyanchand while annual sports report will also be read and outstanding sportspersons will be felicitated. At Koradi branch, Dr Ashok Kapta, chief selector and volleyball coach will be the chief guest. Kabaddi matches for boys, fun games, felicitation of sports achievers will be held and prizes will also be given to deserving sportspersons. DSACR’s walkathon Divisional Sports Association Central Railways will be celebrating National Sports Day by organising a walkathon. The walkathon will be of 5 kms and will be flagged from Satpuda Lawn, Civil Lines at 7 am.