Inter College Sports Meet and Youth Festival gets underway at Nauni varsity

The Annual Inter College Sports and Games Meet and Youth Festival got underway today at the Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni. The contingents of the three constituent colleges of the University- College of Horticulture and College of Forestry from the main campus and College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri are taking part in the four-day extravaganza.

Dr. JN Sharma, UHF’s Director Research was the Chief Guest for the inaugural function. Addressing the participants, Dr Sharma said, “Sports and other extra-curricular activities are an integral part of the university curriculum and help in the overall personality development of students which was necessary for succeeding in life.”

He also spoke about the role of sports in inculcating discipline and improving endurance and stamina. Dr SK Gupta, Student Welfare Officer, urged to students to uphold the sportsman spirit in all the competitions. He informed that the university would also be holding a special event, a 200 meters race for the senior faculty of the colleges.

In the next three days, the students will be participating in both track and field events. In track events, boys and girls from the three colleges will participate in 100, 200, 400 and 800, 1500, 3000, 10000 meters races and team events like 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meters relay. Shotput, Javelin, Discus throw, long jump, high jump and triple jumps will make the field events. In addition, teams will also compete in Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Kabaddi, Badminton and Table tennis.

Competitions in the Youth Festival will start from Tuesday onwards. The events for the festival will take place in five categories- Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre and Fine Arts. Students will display their skills in events like group dance and song, elocution, debate and extempore, one-act play, skit, mime, mono acting, poster and rangoli making etc.
Results (Day 1)

The sports meet got underway with the Volleyball (boys) match between College of Horticulture and College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, which the former won in three sets. In the girls’ volleyball event, Neri College beat Forestry College. In a keenly fought Kabaddi (Girls) match, Neri beat Forestry with a 26-24 score line. Meanwhile in the boys kabaddi match, the Forestry College team completely outclassed Horticulture College with the final score being 60-24. In football, Horticulture College was leading Neri College by two goals in the second half.