FROM THE FIELD OF SPORTS
LakshmibaiCollege, an institution that has etched its name in the hall of fame. A name synonymous with stellar sports performance resounding in the applauds and appreciation it receives. It has been quite a rollercoaster ride. From just 3-4 games when it started, today we have 18-22 games in which students are participating at different level of competitions such as Inter College, Inter University, All India, Federation cup, State, National and International and continue to add laurels to our prized institute.
With their hard work and utter dedication in sports, students of our college have continued excelling in the field just like our college namesake from her battlefield. It is to be announced with immense pride that in 2018-19 session yet again, Lakshmibai College has stood amongst the top two contenders for the Vice Chancellor Trophy (given on the basis of highest performance in Inter College tournaments) for more than 5 years in a row now.
During this session 2018-19 our students participated in various sports and games including Archery, Athletics, Ball Badminton, Baseball, Boxing, Cricket, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Judo, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Netball, Power-Lifting, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling and Yoga at various levels. The achievements are listed below:
India Camp:
Priyanka Dahiya (volleyball player) made us proud for her selection in India camp of volleyball.
National and Federation Cup:
This year more than 45 students participated in National competitions including Senior National, Junior National, Federation cup and Khelo India tournaments for different games.
Eight of our students Siji, Amanpreet, Nirmala, Soniya, Bhumika, Pooja, Neha Gupta, Nikhat participated in Senior National Baseball Tournament held (Gold medal) at Pune and secured 1ST position. Yashi secured 3rd position in Senior National Netball tournament; Pooja secured 2nd position in Youth National Kabaddi tournament: Akansha and Alka secured 3rd position in Junior National Netball tournament; Khushi secured 2nd position in Khelo India wrestling Tournament. In addition to the above Rakhee, Mahima Saini, Akshita Choudhary, Veena, Anjali in Senior National Ball Badminton, Priyanka in Senior National Volleyball, Radha, Bhawna and Kajal in Senior National Baseball, Neha Choudhary in Senior National Softball, Manju and Nishu in Senior National Wrestling, Mamta Junior National Wrestling, Nikita in Junior National Kabaddi, Bharti Rawat in Junior National Netball, Nidhi, Varsha, Ukansha, Priyanka, Shekhawat and Gulifsa in Khelo India Volleyball, Manju and Khushi in Junior National Wrestling are the sports
students who had participated in the National competitions as mentioned. Khushi also secured 1st position in Cadet wrestling federation tournament.
In Federation Cup tournaments Siji, Soniya, Kajal, Neha, Bhumika & Neha Gupta participated in Baseball and Sucheta, Usha & Kalpana participated in Kho-Kho.
Our college student Sushmita secured 1st position in open Urban National Boxing tournament.
Inter University (All India & Zonal):
27 of our college students represented Delhi University in All India Inter University Competitions in different games. These includes Athletics (Meenakshi), Archery (Navya), Ball Badminton (Juhi), Cricket (Deepa, Mohini, & Astha), Cross Country (Kavita), Gymnastics (Teena, Neha, Meenakshi), Kabaddi (Veena, Divya, Pallavi, Nikita), Soft Ball (Siji, Bhumika, Neha, Radhika, Anchal), Wrestling (Manju, Mamta & Nishu), Volleyball (Priyanka, Nidhi, Sonam, Sadhna, Ukansha & Gulifsa).
Inter college:
This year, from our college, 17 teams have participated in Inter College tournament in different games organized by Delhi University Sports Council. Out of these 17 sports, our college has secured positions in 16 sports. Six of our teams won championships (1st position) including Cross Country, Baseball, Kabaddi, Softball, Wrestling and Volleyball; four teams secured Silver medal (2nd position) including Archery (compound), Ball Badminton, and Kho-Kho; Powerlifting; seven teams secured Bronze medals (3rd position) including Athletics, Archery (Indian), Boxing, Cricket, Judo, , Weight Lifting and Yoga.
A stellar total of 36 Medals were earned in individual sports event at Inter College competition including 8 Gold medals, 17 Silver medals and 11 bronze medal in different games.
Individual mention as follows: Athletics, Shivani1st in Javeline, Karuna 2nd in 10000m &3rd in 21000m, Kavita 2nd in 5000m & 3rd in 10000m and Meenkshi secured 2nd position in 20,000m walk. In Boxing, Preeti, Megha and Bhawna secured 2nd position and Ritika, Sushmita, Vaishali and Nishu secured 3rd position. In Judo, Jyoti, Mamta secured 2nd position, Mansi, Kritika, Muskan secured 3rd Position. In Powerlifting, Tamanna secured 1st position, Bhawna, Yashi, and Reena secured 2nd position and Shivani, Muskan secured 3rd position. In Weightlifting, Shivani, Tamanna secured 1st position, Laxmi, Bhawna, Reena secured 2nd position and Muskan secured 3rd position. In Wrestling, Manju, Mamta, Khushi and Nishu secured 1st position, Mansi, Yukta and Laxmi secured 2nd position.
Delhi state:
An excellent total of 51 medals were won by students in Delhi state tournaments including 10 gold medals, 18 silver medals and 23 bronze medals in different games. OurcollegeGymnastics team secured 2nd position in Delhi State Gymnastics championship. Our college Baseball team secured 2nd position in Delhi Olympic Baseball Championship. In Kabaddi, our team secured 3rd Position in Delhi State Kabaddi tournament.In Volleyball, our team secured 3rd position in Youth State Volleyball tournament and 3rd position in Delhi Olympic Volleyball tournament also.
In individual sports, our college students won medals in Delhi state tournaments such as in Athletics, Shivani 1st& 2nd in Javelin, Karuna 2nd in 5000m, 3rd in 10000m, Kavita 2nd in 5000m. In Boxing, Yashi secured 2nd position and Megha 3rd in Delhi Olympics.In Judo, Bhawna 2nd Megha 3rd in Delhi Olympics and Kritika secured 1st, Mamta secured 2ndand Bhawna and Akanksha secured 3rd position in Delhi state Judo, Kritika and Akansha secured 2nd position in Open Delhi State Judo tournament also. In Gymnastics, Tina secured 2nd position in Delhi State Gymnastics, whereas Tina, Harsha, Taniya and Neha also secured 2nd position in Delhi Olympic Gymnastics tournament. In Softball, Rashmi and Neha Choudhary secured 3rd position. In Volleyball, Priyanka, Nidhi, Sonam, Varsha, Sadhna, Ukansha, Priyanka Shekhawat, Gulifsa and Lipika secured 3rd position in Senior State Volleyball tournament. In Wrestling Nishu, Mamta, Manju and Khushi secured 1st position and Mamta, Pooja, Preeti secured 3rd position in Delhi Junior State Wrestling, Manju secured 1st in Senior State Wrestling, Laxmi, Mamta secured 2nd, Manju and Nishu secured 3rd position, in Delhi Olympics Wrestling tournament Khushi secured 2nd and Manju 3rd position. Khushi secured 1st position in Cadet State Wrestling tournament also. In Yoga, Nandini, Chanchal, Nasreen, Sukhdeep and Saloni secured 1st position in Delhi State Yoga Tournament, Sandhya, Nandini and Sukhdeep secured 2nd position and Babita, and Babita secured 3rd position.
Open and invitational tournaments:
Our college team participated in many open and invitational tournaments and won prizes also. Our volleyball team stood 1st in PGDAV volleyball tournament, ARSD volleyball tournament, YUVA’s volleyball tournament, LSR volleyball tournament and Dabri volleyball tournament. Our Ball Badminton team won 1st position in Bharti and Matasundri College ball badminton tournament and 2ndpostion in Maitreyi College and in Miranda housealong with SRCC ball badminton tournament. Our college yoga team won 1st position in Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences Yoga and Motilal Nehru yoga tournament. Babita and Happy stood 1st position in Rhythmic Yoga competition also in Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences Yoga tournament and Babita and Nisha stood 2nd in Rhythmic Yoga competition in Motilal Nehru yoga tournament.
In individual sports, Tamanna won Gold medal in Open Deadlift championship, Un-equipped Punjab Powerlifting tournament, Weight lifting competition in Maitreyi college and silver medal in equipped Punjab Powerlifting tournament. In Kalindi College Weightlifting tournament Tamanna and Yashi secured 1st position, Reena, Pooja and Nisha secured second Position. In Maitreyi college Weightlifting tournament Tamanna and Shivani secured 1st position and Muskan secured 2nd position.
Our college hosted Delhi Olympic Baseball Championship and Delhi Senior State Volleyball Championship in our college premises successfully. Our college was also assigned the responsibilities of holding Inter College Kabaddi tournament and Inter College Volleyball tournament which were successfully organized in the college premises. President Delhi Olympic Association Mr. Kuldeep Vats presided over the function of closing ceremony of Inter College Volleyball as Chief Guest.