Friendly Football Tournament and Intra-academy Competitions

Friendly Football Tournament and Intra-academy Competitions

Date: Jan 16th, 2024

The students associated with DAV Sports Academy and National Youth Programme (NYP) participated in a friendly football tournament organised by DAV Sports Academy at the School premises yesterday (11th January, 2024).
Three games were observed throughout the tournament. The referee of the tournament was Mr. Sarbagya Ratna Tuladhar, former national football player. Both DAV and NYP teams were trained by national football players. Mr. Bijay Maharjan was team guide for DAV and Mr. Rajiv Nepali was a team guide for NYP. All the teachers associated with DAV Sports Academy were there to encourage the students on the ground.
DAV won the tournament by making a victory in two games and NYP won one game. From DAV, Saheb Gayen won the highest scorer award. He scored Hat-trick goals. Similarly, Reshma Bhujel from NYP won the Best Player Award. She was also honoured with cash prize.
The players of both teams were honoured with medals in the presence of their parents and guardians. Middle School Co-ordinator Mr. Krishna Joshi and Head of the Physical Education Department Mr. Purnendu Ghosh honoured all the players with medals.
Similarly, different Intra-academy competitions were also observed on the same day. According Middle School Teacher and Football Coach Mr. Santosh Ray, Intra-academy Badminton, Basketball and Taekwondo competitions were separately organised for boys and girls in senior and junior categories.
The winners in all those categories were also honoured with medals in closing session of friendly football tournament.