Sports day in UTC

The annual sports day conducted by the Carey Society will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the St. John's school ground from 8 in the morning. The student co-ordinator of Sports and Games, Mr. Joish Pappachan, announced that there will be special events on the day as well and special points will be given for participation.

The chief guest for this year's sports day is Mr. Kamaraj, Mr. India for several years, an accomplished body builder, actor and an army man. He acted in the latest Tamil movie 'I'. The sports day will have track and field events as games have already been completed. Four houses, Larsen, Devanandan, Herrick and Thorpe will be competing for the top honours. The sports day starts with march past by the four teams, followed by the inauguration.

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Sports inauguration

Mr. Abu the sports secretary giving the welcome speech

The sports inauguratiuon of the UTC was held on Friday, the 28th of June at 4:00 P.M. The sports secretary for this year Mr. Abu welcomed the gathering, the principal Rev. Dr. John Samuel Raj said the opening prayer and lit the lamp and Rev. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom gave the main speech. In his speech Dr. Muthunayagom told the students to have a spirit of oneness and camaraderie while playing and not see everything from the perspective of winning.

The principal and house captains lighting the lamp

Rev. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom giving the main speech

The inauguration was attended by both students and faculty belonging to the Herrick, Larsen, Thorpe and Devanandan houses. The inauguration was followed by volley ball matches between new and existing BD, MTh and DTh students.

Volley ball match

Sports Day 2013

The Sports Day of the UTC was held yesterday at the St. John's school ground. It was inaugurated by Mr. Philip Louis, the Vice President of the YMCA, Bangalore. Rev. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom, Mr. George Varghese, YMCA director and faculty advisor for sports and games in UTC, Rev. Dr. Allan Pallana, and Mr. Sibin Paul, the student sports co-ordinator were present.

Mr. George Varghese the YMCA director, the chief guest Mr. Louis and other dignitaries

 

 

 

Mr. Sibin Paul, the sports and games co-ordinator relieved and flashing the victory sign

The four teams namely Larsen, Thorp, Devanandan and Herrick participated with sports spirit and camaraderie. The day started with a march past, followed by the inauguration and the events. The chief guest Mr. Louis spoke of the importance of sports in the lives of people while Mr. George Varghese pleaded that UTC students should take more interest in sports and take this to the churches they are going to.

Thorp came first

The sports and games for this year was won by Thorp house with 301 points, followed by Larsen with 248 points. Devanandan house got 193 and Herrick 176. The individual women's champion was Temsutola and the men's champion Jian. Several students, family members and faculty members participated.

The stalls provided refreshments and much needed shade

The YMCA trainees in red who helped with the conduct of the competitions

It ended with food for all