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Tepulezonu Tetso (middle background), Asa Khate (right) and Nilie Kath along with the winners of a boy’s event on the inaugural day of Greenwood School annual sports meet on Friday, September 27.[/caption]
Dimapur, Sep. 27 (EMN): The 39th annual sports meet of Greenwood School, Kuda village, kicked off on Friday, September 27 with district sports officer, Dimapur, Tepulezonu Tetso, as the chief guest. This was stated in an update received here on Friday.
The district sports officer in her address said games and sports has become one of the most enviable professions and that sportspersons are as respected as engineers or doctors.
Tetso said since sports have become a highly sought profession, students who have potential in sports should be encouraged to take up sports in all seriousness. The chief guest who is also from a sports background said Nagas are gifted with talent in games and sports but still lagging behind other states due to a number of factors. She said in sports too, discipline, hard work, determination, and dedication are the qualities to possess and imbibe one wishes to succeed and excel.
Principal, Greenwood School, Nelie Kath, in her welcome address said the objective of conducting the sports meet is to motivate students to improve their social and co-curricular skills.
Earlier, the chief guest took the salute of the 12 march-past contingents comprising of junior, senior and intermediate batches of the four houses- Blue, Green, Red and Yellow.