Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 14: The Annual Sports cum Academic Meet, being organized by ASCOMS College and Hospital was inaugurated with pomp and show, here today.
The event was inaugurated by D K Batra, Joint Secretary in presence of Dr Pavan Malhotra , Director Principal and Dr Ravinder K Gupta , Vice Chairman Sports and Cultural Department.
Various senior faculty members , residents, staff members and students were present during the inauguration.
On the opening day there were Tug of War matches between staff and students in both male and female category. Staff team won the match convincingly in both the categories.It was followed by 100 metres race for the female teaching staff . Dr Nitika , Dr Deepender and Dr Meeta were 1st , 2nd and 3rd respectively.
There was a cricket match between staff and students also.The staff team scored 195 for 7 in stipulated 20 overs.
Dr Pavan Malhotra and Dr Ravinder K Gupta gave a solid opening stand of 56 runs in first 4 overs. Due to all round display of Dr Amit Suri the staff team won the match with a huge margin of 104 runs. Dr Ravinder and Dr Amit took 2 wickets each and grabbed 2 catches each.
During the 4 day Meet, a lot of sports, cultural and academic activities will be conducted for staff and students.
The Freshers day will be held on December 17.
All the events are being organized under supervision of Raj Kumar, Sports officer of ASCOMS.