For a few weeks, indoor and outdoor sports saw more than a hundred eager, spirited participants, from the very young to seniors, turn up and give it their all. It did not matter whether they came first or last, what mattered to each was the joy of just turning up, being with their friends and family, and running each race with a spirit of friendship with a ‘tadka’ of competition sprinkled to the mix.
And this camaraderie was also seen when athletics took centre stage on a glorious Sunday morning. On a beautifully laid out track on the 3-acre ground adjacent to the Gulmohar Centre, with experienced professionals overseeing the events, runners and walkers across age groups made it an exciting two hours of high octane action, and it was truly heartening to see the level of enthusiasm in everyone.
These were the results:-
50 Mtrs Race-Boys (Age 4 to 7 Yrs): 1st – Anant Shree Sharma; 2nd – Visaha Gupta.; 3rd – Shaurya Rana.
50 Mtrs Race-Boys (Age 8 to 12 Yrs):1st – Aditya Sharma; 2nd – Vedant Mehrotra.
100 Mtrs Race-Boys (Age 4 to 7 Yrs): 1st – Aditya Sharma; 2nd – Vedant Mehrotra; 3rd – Anant Shree Sharma.
100 Mtrs Race-Boys (Age Under 20 Yrs): 1st – Nikhil Verma; 2nd – Amit Thapa.
200 Mtrs Race-Boys (Age Under 20 Yrs): 1st – Nikhil Verma; 2nd – Amit Thapa.
100 Mtrs Race-Men (Age Under 50 Yrs):
1st – Sanjeev Bhandari; 2nd – Pratic Ram; 3rd – Sahil Gupta
100 Mtrs Race-Men (Age Above 50 Yrs): 1st – Sanjeev Bhandari; 2nd – Sanjeev Kumar Jaiswal; 3rd – Nitin Mantri.
50 Mtrs Run-Men (Age Above 70 Yrs): 1st – Harsh Chaddha; 2nd – Rajesh Gothi; 3rd – Major R.V. Ram.
100 Mtrs Walk-Men (Age Above 70 Yrs): 1st – Rajesh Gothi; 2nd – Harsh Chaddha; 3rd – Major R.V. Ram.
50 Mtrs Race-Girls (Age 4 to 7 Yrs): 1st – Nihira Mehrotra; 2nd – Visaha Gupta.
100 Mtrs Race-Girls (Age Under 20 Yrs): 1st – Priyal Kumar.
200 Mtrs Race-Girls (Age Under 20 Yrs): 1st – Priyal Kumar.
200 Mtrs Race-Women (Age Under 40 Yrs): 1st – Monika Mehrotra.
50 Mtrs Race-Women (Age Under 50 Yrs): 1st – Monika Mehrotra; 2nd – Niti Bhardwaj; 3rd – Bhavna Agarwal; 4th – Ruth Birla.
50 Mtrs Walk-Women (Age Above 60 Yrs): 1st – Swarna Gothi; 2nd – Rashmi Mehrotra; 3rd – Neela Ram.
Though it took longer than expected to finish, due to unexpected showers at inopportune times, the sports meet lived up to all the hype, and was ‘ Grand’ in every way.
