Sports

ABOUT SPORTS

Games and sports are physical activities that often involve individual or team competition, aiming to achieve specific goals: win games or improve personal skills. They help us stay healthy, fit, and active. Sports teach us the value of teamwork and encourage us to work hard and never give up. They also help us develop discipline, dedication, and commitment, which are essential values for success in life. Additionally, sports are a great way for people to socialize and make new friends. They not only promote physical fitness and health but also teach important life skills like teamwork, discipline, and perseverance. Sports play a significant role in many cultures around the world, offering entertainment and a sense of community.

“Success doesn"t come by luck; it comes by hard work, discipline, and enthusiasm, and sports teach you all these traits.”

“Success is no accident; it is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” (Pele)

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” (Pele)

How Can Sports Help Us?

Playing sports helps you stay in shape, teaches you how to organize your time, boosts friendships, and builds relationships with your peers and adults.

  • Physical Health: Improves heart function, controls diabetes, lowers cholesterol and hypertension, enhances circulation, aids weight management, tones muscles, and strengthens bones.
  • Mental Health: Reduces stress and helps ease depression by releasing feel-good chemicals like endorphins and neurotransmitters.
  • Skill Development: Teaches organization, accountability, dedication, leadership, and builds friendships and relationships.

Recreational activity refreshes and reinvigorates, offering mental and physical refreshment through activities like team sports, hiking, or gym workouts.

Education is rife with setbacks that may lead students to suffer from depression. There are multiple ways to cope with these issues, including therapy or prescription medications. However, we believe that one of the most effective ways is by playing sports.

Overall Benefits of Sports

  • Cognitive Development: Sports can enhance cognitive functions such as concentration, memory, and decision-making through strategic thinking and problem-solving.
  • Resilience Building: Facing challenges and overcoming setbacks in sports helps develop resilience and perseverance in both personal and professional life.
  • Time Management: Balancing practice, games, and other responsibilities teaches effective time management and prioritization skills.
  • Stress Relief: The physical exertion and focus required in sports can serve as a healthy outlet for managing stress and emotional tension.
  • Long-term Health Habits: Early involvement in sports can instill lifelong habits of regular physical activity and healthy living.

Sports Activities Organized at Thapar Institute

  • ACE: An inter-year sports competition in basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, cricket, table tennis, football, chess, and athletics.
  • THAPARLYMPICS: An inter-branch sports competition in basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, cricket, table tennis, football, chess, and athletics.
  • IGNITE: An inter-hostel sports competition in basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, cricket, table tennis, football, and athletics.
  • ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET: An inter-branch athletic competition that includes 100m race, 200m race, 400m race, 800m race, 1500m race, 5000m race, 4x100m relay race, and 4x400m relay race. Throwing events include shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, and jumping events include long jump and high jump.
  • INTER TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE SPORTS TOURNAMENTS: Thapar Institute organizes these tournaments and also participates in tournaments organized by other institutes like NITs, IITs, and PEC University Chandigarh.
  • URJA: A national level sports tournament organized by Thapar Institute, which includes basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, cricket, table tennis, football, chess, and athletics.

Sports Achievement 23-24

Dean of Student Affairs

As desired by you, the following are the achievements, participations, and activities of sports 2023-24 held on the campus and outstation.

Key Events

  • Inter year league (ACE’23 tournament) organized in September 2023.
  • Thaparlympics 2023-24 organized in October and November 2023.
  • National level sports fest named URJA’24 organized from 16-18 February 2024.
  • Annual Athletic Meet organized from 4-8 April 2024.

Students of TIET participated in these competitions by representing their respective year and department from first year to PG. Around 401 students participated in ACE’23, 569 students in Thaparlympics 2023-24, and around 200 students in the Annual Athletic Meet. Winners were awarded medals and certificates.

Competition Results

SR. NO GAME No. of Players COMPETITION DATES VENUE RESULT
1 Badminton (Boys) 05 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
2 Badminton (Girls) 05 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
3 Volleyball (Boys) 12 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
4 Basketball (Girls) 12 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
5 Basketball (Boys) 12 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
6 Tennis (Boys) 05 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
7 Football (Boys) 18 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
8 Chess (Boys) 05 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
9 Table Tennis (Boys) 04 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
10 Shot Put (Boys) Rachit Singh 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
11 100m (Boys) Akshit 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
12 100m (Girls) Yashika Sharma 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
13 200m (Boys) Akshit 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
14 200m (Girls) Yashika Sharma 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
15 Long Jump (Boys) Ambuj Gupta 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
16 Long Jump (Girls) Sara Bhattal 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
17 4x100m Relay Race (Boys) 04 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 1st position
18 Cricket 16 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
19 Table Tennis (Girls) 02 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
20 Tennis (Girls) 04 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
21 200m (Girls) Pranjal Sharma 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
22 400m (Boys) Hushraj Singh 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
23 400m (Girls) Akshita 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
24 100m (Boys) Ambuj Gupta 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
25 Long Jump (Boys) Kushalpreet Singh 01 URJA’24 (Invitational) 16-18 Feb. 2024 TIET Patiala 2nd position
  Thapar Institute won the overall championship in URJA’24 by winning in the maximum sports.

Other Institute Participated In TIET Sports Competition

SR. NO GAME No. of Players COMPETITION DATES VENUE RESULT
1 Tennis (M) 05 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 1st position
2 Chess (M) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 1st position
3 Chess (W) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 1st position
4 Badminton (M) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 1st position
5 Badminton (W) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 1st position
6 Tennis (W) 05 Inter-Tech Uni. 20-22 Oct. 2023 PEC Chandigarh 2nd position
7 Yoga (W) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 27-29 Oct. 2023 NIT Kurukshetra 3rd position
8 Volleyball (M) 12 Inter-Tech Uni. 27-29 Oct. 2023 NIT Kurukshetra Participation
9 Volleyball (W) 12 Inter-Tech Uni. 27-29 Oct. 2023 NIT Kurukshetra Participation
10 Yoga (M) 06 Inter-Tech Uni. 27-29 Oct. 2023 NIT Kurukshetra Participation
11 Basketball (M) 12 Inter Uni. 3-8 Nov. 2023 Amity Uni. Gurugram Participation
12 Tennis (W) 03 Inter Uni. 3-6 Nov. 2023 DCRUST Murthal Participation
13 Badminton (M) 07 Inter Uni. 24-29 Nov. 2023 Chitkar Uni. Punjab Participation
14 Badminton (W) 03 Inter Uni. 23-27 Nov. 2023 MMU Mullana Ambala Participation
15 Shooting (M) 04 Inter Uni. 27-12-23 to 01-01-24 Kurukshetra Uni. Participation
16 Shooting (W) 03 Inter Uni. 27-12-23 to 01-01-24 Kurukshetra Uni. Participation
17 Table Tennis (M) 05 Inter Uni. 16-19 Jan. 2024 MJP Rohilkhand Uni. Bareilly (UP) Participation
18 Cricket (M) 16 Inter Uni. 29-01-24 to 07-01-24 H.P Uni. (H.P.) Participation
19 Chess (M) 04 Inter Uni. (North Zone) 6-9 Feb. 2024 Bundelkhand Uni. Jhansi Participation
20 Chess (M) 04 All India Inter Uni. 15-19 Feb. 2024 Manipal Academy Karnataka Participation
21 Kick Boxing (M) 01 All India Inter Uni. 05-09 March, 2024 Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.) 2nd position
22 Basketball (Boys) 10 Sangram 2024 28-31 March, 2024 IIT Roorkee 2nd position
23 Table Tennis (Boys) 05 Sangram 2024 28-31 March, 2024 IIT Roorkee 2nd position
24 100m Boys (Akshit Tiwari) 01 Sangram 2024 28-31 March, 2024 IIT Roorkee 2nd position
25 200m Boys (Akshit Tiwari) 01 Sangram 2024 28-31 March, 2024 IIT Roorkee 2nd position
26 Badminton (Girls) 03 Sangram 2024 28-31 March, 2024 IIT Roorkee 3rd position
27 Cricket (Men) 18 Inter-Tech Uni. 06-08 April 2024 PEC Chandigarh 1st position

Note: Thapar Institute won the overall championship in URJA’24 by winning in the maximum sports.