The annual Sports Competition-2023 of Notre Dame University Bangladesh was held in a grand manner. The head coach of the Bangladesh women’s football team, Mr. Golam Rabbani Choton was the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the event held at Arambagh, University premises in the capital on Saturday (February 18). On the other hand, the special guest was a member of the board of trustees of the university, Fr. Charles B. Gordon, CSC, and Treasurer Fr. Adam S. Pereira, CSC. Besides that, the Deputy Registrar of the University, administrative officers-employees, faculty, and students were present at this event.
The Annual Sports Competition-2023 began with the hoisting of the National Flag and University Flag along with the National Anthem. At the beginning of the sports competition, Nayem, a student of the English department of the university, circled the field with the torch. University teacher Vhakta Kumar Biswas recited the oath to the participants of the competition. After that, the chief guest and president announced the official opening of the sports competition by releasing pigeons and balloons.
250 students participated in a total of 22 events in the day-long sports competition. At the end of the day-long fun-filled competition, the winners were awarded attractive gifts, crests, books, medals, and certificates. David Tripura in boys and Slagha Adhikary in girls won the title of champions.
The highlight of the awards ceremony was the raffle draw, in which a total of 20 lucky winners were awarded. Finally, Deputy Registrar Fr. Asim Gonsalves, CSC thanked everyone for this beautiful event. This annual event was successfully completed under the supervision of Sr. Sagarika Gomes CSC of Notre Dame University’s Students Affairs with the support of Mr. Bhakta Kumar Biswas and Mr. Stanley Pius Rozario and other teachers.