Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women organizes its second Sports Fest “SPARDHAA”
Shaheed
Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women organized its second Sports Fest
“SPARDHAA” on 17-18 January, 2019 in the college campus.“SPARDHAA”
which signifies healthy competition, served as a significant platform for the
participants to exhibit their sports talent, leadership and comradery. The
Chief Guest for the Opening Ceremony was Shri Imran Hussain , Minister of food
supplies ,environment and forest, and elections ,Government of NCT of
Delhi and the function was also graced
by Shri Manoj Kumar, Member Legislative Assembly, NCT of Delhi ,Shri F.I
Ismailee ,treasurer ,governing body of SRCASW , Dr. Sandeep Tiwari ,head of
department of physical education and sports sciences,University of Delhi and
Shri V.K Mahendru , GGM,Vigilance ,ONGC and General secreatry ,AIPSSPB and Dr.
Lakshmi Devi , founder principal of SRCASW . The guest of Honor was Dr. Richa
Pandey Mishra , chairperson ,governing body of SRCASW.
The
festival started with a March-past of fourteen Departmental Teams and two teams
of Students Council and Sports Council respectively. The Department of Physics
bagged the first Position in March-past for their well-coordinated and energetic
presentation.
In the Inter college category, there were nine events including Aerobics, Rhythmic Yoga, Yoga, Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Table Tennis, Badminton, and Tug of War. Chess was specially kept for Para- athlete category to encourage equal opportunity. A vibrant participation by around 800 athletes from 43 colleges/Institutions of University of Delhi and NCR was witnessed in “SPARDHAA” to make it a grand success. Though these events were primarily for girls but Badminton, Tug of war and Table Tennis were open for boys also.
The
Sports Fest was yet another platform to display women power. It also catered to community sports
activities for the non-sports students and staff of the college in order to
promote fitness, wellness and a sense of socialization. The community sports
activities included 50 M Race, Discuss
throw, Shot Put, Long Jump, 4×100 M Relay Race and Three Legged Race and some
Fun based activities for staff. The community sports activities proved to be
very popular among the in-house students/staff and showcased their sports
potential.