Play based on Oliver Twist staged
A play based on Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘Taj Mahal ka Tender’ staged by the students of Lawrence School, Sanawar, received a rousing applause from the audience at the school, which is currently celebrating its 177th Founder’s Day.
A field display by more than 450 students exhibiting their talent in ‘Tattoo’, a cultural programme, was another highlight of the day. Old students from across the globe congregated at the school to reminisce upon old memories on the occasion. An athletics meet, in which current and former students participated, marked the second day of the three-day event, which began yesterday.
An alumnus of the 1964 batch, Col NJS Pannu was the chief guest at the event. In his address, Colonel Pannu said students should make the annual sports meets a launching pad for their sports careers.
After the march pass, athletes from all four houses — Nilgiri, Vindhya, Shivalik and Himalaya — participated in various field events. Vindhya House won the PD (boys’) competition, while Shivalik House dominated in PD (girls’) event. Girls under-13, 14 and open titles went to the Himalayas while Vindhya House ruled the Girls 16 title.
Himalaya House won the under-13, 14 (boys’) events, while the open was won by Vindhya House. The meet also witnessed three new records — in long jump (U-12) by Aishwarya Kumar, who surpassed Zia Ul Islam’s record made in 1990; in long jump (U-14) by Aryaveer Singh, who broke the record made by Hari Sinam in 2013; and in 200-m race by Akash Kumar, dominating Somil Sindhi’s 2017 record. The best athlete awards in different age groups were given to Amyra Dhankar, Sahira Grover, Aryaman Bose, Devvrat Malik, Aishwarya Kumar, Vani Badola, Arini, Mannat Gill, Kimaya Kochhar, Sneha Panwar, Ishi Kejriwal, Aditya Raj Chauhan and Chetan Prabh Singh.
Akash Kumar Pahi and Aryavir Singh Rajput were awarded with the Fateh Pal Cup, while Harsh Kumar and Mehul Sood bagged the Kalinga Cup. The chief guest felicitated the winners in the presence of school headmaster Himmat Singh Gill.
