JEDDAH — Green House emerged as overall winner, closely followed by Yellow House, the Blue House and the Red House, while, Naeem Ameer of Blue House, Mufti Samiq of Yellow House and Mohammed Mujeeb of Blue House notched the individual championship in the IISJ, III-V block, Boys’ Section Annual Sports Meet, at the school ground.

A day filled with fervor and excitement experienced thrills, shrills and cheers as the participants competed keenly while striving for excellance.The day started off with recitation of verses from the Holy Qur’an followed by its translation.The Head Prefect Arham welcomed the distinguished gathering with his welcome speech. He emphasized the importance of sports, while stating that “IISJ’s endeavor is to achieve 100% participation from the students”.

Chief Guest, Asif Rameez Daudi, chairman of the Managing Committee was welcomed with a bouquet. Present on the occasion were the other dignitaries namely principal, vice principals, C.O.E, A.O and H.Ms of various blocks. The chief guest ignited the torch edifying the gathering with his thoughtful words and declared the meet open by releasing balloons into the clear sky as a symbol of hard work and ultimate success. He lauded the sports day event and stated that it was well planned and that he could gauge the pains and efforts taken by teachers and students for such a flawless presentation.

The judges for the day were eminent and experienced PT teachers from various blocks. They guided all the sports events of the day. The various events of this athletic meet were scheduled meticulously and executed very well over two days.

The day commenced with Inter House March Past, a highly competitive event where the houses eyed for the first place. This was followed by the oath taking ceremony by all the house contingents. The audience next witnessed the display of colorful flower drill. Once, the races began the air was filled with cheering and encouragement for the young athletes. Students of III-V competed category-wise in events including sprints (200M, 100M, 75 and 50M ), relays, skating and other kid-friendly events like orange gathering, teeny weeny, getting ready for school, frog race, hop skip and jump etc.

The day concluded with prize distribution and declaring of the house positions for the day. Green House emerged as overall winner, closely followed by Yellow House, the Blue House and the Red House. While, Master Naeem Ameer of Blue house, Mufti Samiq of Yellow house and Mohammed Mujeeb of Blue house notched the individual championship. The winners of various events were awarded with prizes. The meet ended with Hamdi proposing the vote of thanks. — SG