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Sports Day at School is Always Great Fun. Along with the Excitement of the Events, There is the Added Desire to Know If Your House Has Won the Sports Championship Cup! - English - Communicative

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Sports Day at school is always great fun. Along with the excitement of the events, there is the added desire to know if your House has won the Sports Championship Cup! 
Teacher/ student can read out the Sports Day commentary and fill in the House positions for each event - 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Then calculate the points to find out which House has won the Sports Championship Cup. 
GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, DANAPUR 
                        ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET 
                                   SCORECARD 

House  NEHRU  RAMAN  TAGORE  SHIVAJI 
Events  Position  Points  Position  Points  Position  Points  Position  Points 
(Previous tally)                 
March Past                
800m (Boys)                 
1OOm (Girls)                 
High jump (Boys)                 
Javelin (Girls)                 

 

House  NEHRU  RAMAN  TAGORE  SHIVAJI 
Events  Position  Points  Position  Points  Position  Points  Position  Points 
Shot put (Boys)                 
400 relay (Girls)                 
TOTAL                 

 

RESULT  HOUSE 
Champions   
2nd   
3rd   
4th   

 

SCORING (POINTS)       
Event  1st 2nd  3rd 
March Past  10 x x
Track and field  10 5 3
Relay  15 10 5
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