Mangalore, November 19: A State-level Netball tournament for high school boys and girls was inaugurated on the premises of Sacred Hearts' High School at Kulshekar on Saturday, November 19.
The tournament is being organised under the joint auspicious of the Department of Public Instruction, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and Sacred Heart High School.
The function started with the march past by the students, who came from 18 different districts including Haveri, Kolar, Bangalore South, Bangalore North, Davanagere, Bellary, Belgaum, Chitradurga, Hassan, Udupi, and Dakshina Kannada took part in the march past.
The stage programme was formally inaugurated by N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, by lighting the lamp, while Rev Fr Valerian Pinto threw the ball to the net to inaugurate the tournament.
Addressing the gathering Mr Bhat said apart from the State Government organisations too should provide students an opportunity to exhibit their talents by conducing sports meets.
The march past was inaugurated by Rev Sr Mary Lita of Bethany Institution, Flag was hoisted by Praveen Kumar, Mayor, Mangalore City Corporation.
Mayor Praveen said that Rs 1 lakh has been donated by the MCC for the sports meet to encourage the sports spirit among the young children.
Rev Fr R P Arora, Kulshekar Church felicitated the three students from Sacred High school who contested at the national level sports meet.
The tournament was conducted for boys and girls section in the under-14 and under-17 age-group categories. More than 30 teams from across the state with over 950 participants are participating in the two-day tournament.
Channappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, Dayavathi, Block Education Officer, Mangalore, Mariyamma Thomas, Corporater, Shailaja Bhat, President of DK Zilla Panchayat, were present as a chief guests on the occasion. M N Nayak delivered the introductory remarks.
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