The Annual Athletic Meet is an annual and important event in the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. This event not only showcases the endurance of students (boys & girls) but also brings together the Alumni fraternity & the parents, hence building a strong bond with the school.
This year for the first time the Day Scholars (boys and girls) including RTE students participated in the event. The competition between the students was immense and to encourage the same this was introduced and we are happy to announce that the response was noteworthy. The Boarder, Day Boarder & Day Scholar students (boys and girls) not only competed amongst themselves but were also officiating the event and they did so with thorough determination.
The Annual Athletic Meet 2022-23 started with the parade along with live pipe drum band followed by the Athletic Events & Prize giving to the winning Houses & the Victor Ludorum (boys and girls).
Mr. Karsan Ghavri, an eminent former Indian Cricketer had been kind to honour us to be the Chief Guest for the event. The Lap of the Honour was run by Abhishek Singh (Victor Ludorum 2007-2008). He studied in RKC from 1998 to 2009. HH TS Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot, President, Board of Trustees, HH Maharaja Raol Shri Vijayrajsinhji of Bhavnagar, TS Kirtikumarsinhji of Lathi and TS Krishnakumarsinhji of Chuda were present to encourage the participants along with other special invitees.
The events for the final Day i.e. the 12th January, 2023 were track events & the show –stoppers were Martial Arts Display by students, Lemon & Spoon Race by Parents (Ladies), 50 mtr. Race for Parents (Gents) & Tug of war between the Alumni and the present Form 12 students. HH TS Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot, President, Board of Trustees addressed the august gathering along with Mr. Karsan Ghavri who also inspired the students with his motivational speech. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by the Acting Principal, Mr. Chacko Thomas.
All the event competitions had been going on since last month under the guidance of the Acting Principal, Mr. Chacko Thomas, Sports & Games Director, Mr. Mahendra Singh Chauhan, Mr. Bhanupratapsinh Wala and the Sports Department.
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