Student given a warm felicitation for winning laurel at national level athletics meet

Mangalore, February 1: Sidharth Puthran, who won medal at national level sports meet recently, was on Wednesday given a warm felicitation at Rosario High School in the city, where he is a Class X student.

The 15-year-old has won a bronze medal in the hammer throw at the national level athletic meet recently held at Ludhiana in the State of Punjab.

His throw of 51.37 m got him the medal and has brought glory to his school. The felicitation function was held at the Rosario cultural hall with full attendance of the school's pupils.

The headmaster of the school Aloysius D'Souza honoured the achiever, who was accompanied to the stage by his parents Shivananda Puthran and Savitha Puthran.

Speaking on the occasion Mr D'Souza said that when he joined the school as a teacher, he had a dream that they must achieve something special. “This little boy has contributed for the fulfilment of our dream, when the school has completed its 150 years of service in the field of education”, he said.

He said that continuous training by committed staff has made it possible for the school to achieve new heights at the national level.

He also said that Sidharth has a glorious future and he would bring more laurels in the days to come. He also thanked the physical education director Karyappa for his persistent efforts.

Sidharth's parents were seen smiling with joy and with a sense of gratification.

Prior to this Sidharth had won gold medals at the Taluk and District levels in discuss throw, hammer throw and shot put.

Along with Sidharth two other students - Rolson Periera who represented Karnataka at the athletic event and Anantha Prasad who also represented the state in the 200 and 400 m race –were also given felicitation.

Sidharth after receiving his laurel expressed his joy by saying, “I bow down to my teachers and parents and am proud to be a student of Rosario School.”

“My parents have continuously supported me in this endeavour and my sports teacher Karyappa has given the best training in my athletic event. The secret to success is hard work and encouragement from near and dear ones. I am grateful to this school as well,” he said.

The function began with a welcome address by Rita Pinto.