CMA Sports Meet 2023

CMA launched its Sports Meet under the aegis of Mr Seetharam, Chairperson of CMA Sports Committee. An inter-student-chapter sports meet was conducted on the 9^th and 10^th February at KCT Business School and Avinashilingam University respectively. The main motive of this initiative was to encourage fellowship and camaraderie among students of different institutions, as well as to inculcate leadership and management skills by making students participate in games and sports.

This maiden attempt was a thumping success, with enthusiastic participation by student chapters. KCT Business School hosted three events - Cricket, Carrom Board, and Chess.  Cricket was conducted in a 6-over per side format as a league-cum-knockout event. 6 teams representing 4 institutions participated. All the matches were exciting, and most of them were closely fought. The players exhibited a lot of skill and sportsmanship. The hosts, KCT Business School Team B, lifted the first title, along with the CMA-CR Swaminathan Rolling Trophy. DJ Academy for Managerial Excellence was runners-up. Kamalesh S of KCTBS was adjudged the Best Batsman, and Dharun of DJ Academy was the Best Bowler. The referee team consisting of Mr. Naveen, Mr. Dhaya, Mr. Sanjay, and
Mr. Steffin, officiated the matches in a highly professional manner.

The chess event also drew a good response. 32 players representing 6 institutions took part enthusiastically. The games were played over 5 rounds in the 25-minute format, with placements being decided based on the total points secured by each player. The event was ably supervised by the arbiter Mr. Siva. The title was won by Vivek Arumugam of PSGIM, followed by Reshap G of KCT Business School and Mugilan VP of SREC. Prizes were awarded to the first 8 places.

The Carrom Board event evinced a similar response. A total of 32 players representing 6 institutions participated. Mr. Jose and Mr. Sharath Kumar, the Chief Arbiters, conducted the event over 16 matches as a mixed event, with the team scoring the highest points out of 3 matches moving to the next round. The semi-finals and finals were played over best-of-three boards, without time limit. The top three pairs were Manoj V and Prasath M of KCT Business School, followed by Yuvraj M and Ganesh R from DJ Academy, and Jeswanth R and Hariharan S from SREC.

On the second day, Avinashilingam University hosted the Throwball event for girls. A total of 4 teams, consisting of 48 players, participated in the event conducted in the round-robin-league format. In closely contested matches, KCT Business School lifted the title, followed by Avinashilingam University as runners-up. The matches were professionally conducted by
Dr. Nandhini, with the assistance of 4 referees from Avinashilingam Institute of Physical Education.

Individual trophies and Certificates of Merit were given away to all winners, and Certificates of Participation were given to participants who did not win prizes, during the Student Management Day event held on the 17^th of February at DJ Academy.