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13 Nov 2008

ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET

17th ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET WAS HELD IN SOHAR- SPORTS CLUB GROUNDS ON 12/11/2008 .

IN-ALL THE PROGRAMME LISTED 35 SCHEDULED EVENTS AND THEN ANOTHER SURPRISE EVENT "TUG-OF-WAR" BETWEEN PARENTS & TEACHERS WAS ALSO HELD. ALL THESE AND THE MEET CONCULDED TIMELY BY 1730 HRS.

THE EVENT STARTED AT 1430 HRS LOCAL TIME. NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF OMAN & INDIA WERE PLAYED FOLLOWED BY A SPEECH AND ANNUAL SPORTS REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL.
THE HON'BLE CHIEF GUEST TOOK THE SALUTE DURING CUSTOMARY MARCH PAST OF ALL THE 4 HOUSES.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY TORCH RUN. IT WAS IN A TRUE OLYMPIC STYLE THAT OATH TAKING CEREMONY WAS ALSO WITNESSED.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL DANDIA DANCE WITH CHILDREN IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL ATTIRES.
LOVELY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN PENGUIN AND BUTTERFLY RACES HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE TINY TOTS WERE DRESSED AS PENGUINS & BUTTERFLIES RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAS A COMBINATION OF FANCY DRESS WITH FUN FILLED PHYSICAL COMPETITION. THE IDEA WAS A HIT!!!!

RING RACE WAS ORGANISED FOR STANDARD 1 STUDENTS WHICH COMPRISED OF RUNNING AND COLLECTING HOOPLA SIZE RINGS EN-ROUTE TO THE FINISHING LINE.

STANDARD 2 CHILDREN PRESENTED THREE LEGGED RACE WHICH AS USUAL HAD PAIRS STUMBLING,TUMBLING AND FINALLY MAKING IT TO THE FINISH LINE.

A POWER -PACKED PERFORMANCE OF AEROBICS WAS THE NEXT EVENT WHICH AGAIN WAS A FIRST TIME EVENT.

STANDARD 3 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN BUCKET RACE WHICH CONSISTED OF MOPPING WATER WITH A SPONGE FROM A FILLED BUCKET TO AN EMPTY ONE WITHIN A FIXED TIME FRAME.

STANDARD 4 CHILDREN HAD TO FACE OBSTACLE RACE WITH SOME HURDLES IN THEIR PATH TO THE FINISH LINE.

A FABULOUS GYMNASTIC SHOW WAS ALSO LINED UP WHICH INCLUDED HORSE BACK JUMP, SOMERSAULTS, JUMPING THROUGH RINGS ON FIRE. THE 2 JOKERS WITH THEIR BICYCLE IN THIS EVENT REMINDED ALL OF US OF THE CIRCUS WE USED TO ENJOY IN THE YESTERYEARS.


100/200 METER SPRINTS, 4X100 METER MIXED RELAY HAD VARIOUS GROUPS LIKE SUB-JUNIOR, JUNIOR, INTERMEDIATE, SENIOR & SUPER SENIORS FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE VERY COMPETITIVE AND REFLECTED A TRUE SPORTSMAN SPIRIT, THIS REMINDED US OF Pierre De Coubertein's WORDS 'IT IS IMPORTANT TO PARTICIPATE AND NOT JUST TO WIN'. MANY TEENAGERS FELL FAR BEHIND IN THE RACE BUT THEY DID FINISH THE RACE TILL THE END POINT. THAT'S THE SPIRIT GUYS, KEEP IT UP!!!!!

PHYSICAL FITNESS REMINDS US OF THE P.T. IN THE SCHOOL AND THE NEED TO KEEP FIT. A P.T. DISPLAY WAS ALSO SQUEEZED IN BETWEEN THE RACES.

FINALLY THE CEREMONIOUS MARCH PAST CONCLUDED THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. TEAMS OF THE RESPECTIVE HOUSES MARCHED PAST THE CHIEF GUEST WHO WAS TRULY UNDER AWE BY THE PERFORMANCE PUT UP BY INDIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THEIR CRISP, SYNCHRONOUS MARCH.

DECLARATION OF CLOSING OF THE SPORTS MEET BY THE CHIEF GUEST WAS FOLLOWED BY PRIZE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE WINNERS OF THE DAY AND OTHER CHILDREN WHO BROUGHT LAURELS TO THE SCHOOL FROM INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS HELD EARLIER IN MUSCAT.

AFTER THE VOTE OF THANKS BY THE HEAD GIRL, FOLLOWED THE MOST EXCITING EVENT OF THE DAY ' TUG-OF WAR' BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS, WITH LADIES & GENTS IN TWO SEPARATE TEAMS.

THUS CONCULDED ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING DAYS OF SCHOOL ACTIVITY.

A DEDICATED FIRST AID STALL WAS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE ORGANISED EVENT.

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE DESERVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR ACHIEVING THIS TIRING TASK. BUT THE EXCELLENT DISCIPLINE SHOWN BY THE STUDENTS, PARKING ARRANGEMENTS, SEPARATE ENTRY & EXIT GATES AND FINISHING ALL THE LINED UP EVENTS IN A FIXED TIME FRAME DESERVE ACCOLADES.

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