Mangalore: 'Field' Day for Journalists at Action-packed Sports Meet
Pics: Ramesh Pandith
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jan 9: Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union, in association with Press Club of Mangalore, organized a sports meet for journalists at St Aloysius College ground in the city on Sunday January 8.
National level athlete, Varsha, inaugurated the meet by lighting the lamp. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister, Krishna J Palemar, initiated the meet by tossing a ball at the ‘lagori’ pile.
In his address, the minister noted that media plays an important role in the lives of people. Noting that journalists never get holidays, he said sports is very much required to maintain health.
Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner, Dr N S Channappa Gowda, city police commissioner, Seemant Kumar Singh, zilla panchayat chief executive officer, Dr K N Vijay Prakash, city corporation commissioner, Dr Harish Kumar, president of Working Journalists Union, Harish Rai, secretary, Srinivas, and others were present.
A number of events including musical chair, passing the ball, tug-of-war, slow bike race, cricket, slow scooter race for women, three-legged race, sac race, picking of coins mixed with Maida with mouth, ice cream eating, banana eating and walkathon were some of the competitions organized on the occasion.
The events, which went on from morning to evening, provided more of an entertainment than excellence in sports skills. MP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, district information officer, Rohini, cine actress, Ramya Barne, Mangalore Airport director, M R Vasudeva, and others paid visit to the sports meet to wish it a grand success.