118th Annual sports day of GC University continue in full swing
Around 6,000 student are participating in three-day 118th Annual Sports of the Government College University Lahore.
Three-day long 118th Annual Sports of the Government College University (GCU) Lahore commences with a grand inaugural ceremony at the university’s Oval Ground. About 6,000 students from 30 departments of the University are participating in the annual sports including the march past, athletics meet and gymkhana events. The GCU athletes, led by Jamshed Essa took oath that they would take part in annual games abiding by the rules and in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the glory of sports and the honour of their teams.
A good number of foreign students and faculty members also participated in the grand past at the university’s Oval Ground. About 34 contingents including of the university’s hostels participated in the grand march past, while the musicians hailing from GCU Nazir Ahmed Music Society (NAMS) presented a special anthem for 118th Athletics meet.
The first day of the event was marked by 1500-metre race which was won by M Waseem from Physical Education Department. In 3,000-metre race, intermediate student Bilal Ahmed clinched the first position while Hafiz Farooq of Physical Education crossed the finish line first in men’s 100m race. Tariq Mehmood from Punjabi Department clinched first position in men’s Shot Put. The most enthralling contest of 4x100 metres relay among boys was won by a team of Physical Education Department.
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah graced the ceremony as chief guest he said sports and co-curricular were as important as academics for the overall grooming and personality development of students, so they should be widely promoted in educational institutions right from the schools to curb the inclination of youth towards negative and unhealthy activities.
Vice Chancellor proudly shared that GCU students were also performing well in international games, saying that last week their students Uzair and Haris won the under-17 and under-19 squash championships in Doha. The VC also appreciated the participation of physically challenged students in the annual sports.
