Faridabad/ Alive News: The school premises of Homerton Grammar was filled with great excitement and high spirit on 9th December as the school organised its Inter-Societies’ Football and Table-Tennis Championships.
On its 3rd day more than 50 societies participated in this tournament.
The programme was initiated with a belief that a sense of community, joy, brotherhood and good neighbourliness needs to be fostered in the current dishonest and selfish environment. An athlete’s mindset and physical stamina is a long-term asset, which needs stimulation through such friendly competitions. The highly charged sports event took place within the school premises.
The Football Championship was categorised based on age groups. About 12 teams of highly enthusiastic players from various apartments participated with great energy in the sports event. The ecstatic spectators cheered for their teams making the event a grand success. The finals of the football tournament would be held on Sunday, 10th December, 2017. The Table Tennis tournament was played under various categories of boys and girls singles and doubles based on age groups.
Another important segment of the tournament was the one-on-one interviews on ‘Homerton Live’ with the proficient players and winners from events like athletics, badminton, lawn tennis, table tennis and football. The interviews taken, focused on the theme of oneness and brotherhood. The participants along with their parents appreciated the initiative taken by the school to promote good neighbourliness as they were able to interact much with other participants and parents. When asked about their training, they proudly expressed their game strategies and how they were trained for the event, their sports idols and they also expressed their desire to participate in the tournament next year as well. M.S. Chaudhary, aged 75 years who had joined from Police Lines, Faridabad, was one of the senior most players in the Badminton tournament. He said that he had been playing against youngsters mostly and advised the young players to be cautious with their diet and do regular exercises. One must be highly disciplined in all walks of life.
During this, every participant was honoured with a certificate and souvenir. The judges for the day were eminent and experienced sports referees .They patiently explained the rules of the game scheduled and graced the sports day with their expertise. This entire tournament was conducted under the expert supervision of Rajtheep Singh, Managing Director of Homerton Grammar School.
