New basket-ball court inaugurated at AIMIT

February 17, 2012

Mangalore, February 17: The inauguration of the new basket-ball court and the AIMIT basket-ball match was held on Thursday evening at AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College at Beeri near here.

Rev. Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, S J (Rector, St Aloysius Institutions), inaugurated the court and declared the AIMIT basket-ball tournament open.

The Rector in his speech stated the importance of sports in the development of a student and encouraged continuous participation of students in various sports events.

The other dignitaries on the dais were Mr. Max and Jessie Rasqiunha, and their son, Lieutenant Allen Rasqiunha from Houston, Texas along with Rev. Fr Denzil Lobo s. j. Fr Denzil welcomed the gathering and thanked Mr Rasquinha and family for sponsoring the event.

The inauguration ceremony was followed by a series of matches between the students' of St Aloysius College degree and AIMIT. With seven teams participating in the event, the B Com team from St. Aloysius College bagged the trophy. The program concluded with the college Anthem. Mr Prashanth Alison, the MBA faculty member was the coordinator and Edwin was the student coordinator of the event.

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