The 57th Sports Meeting Kicked off at Soochow University

On the morning of October 18th, the 57th Student Sports Meeting was kicked off with its opening ceremony held on the east playground in the main campus. Several university leaders and other heads from various departments attended the event. Youthful students from various schools put on wonderful performances. The representatives of athletes and referees took the oath to take part in the games in an active and serious manner and abide by the spirit of sportsstrictly to ensure the smooth running of the meeting.


 

Secretary Jiang Yong addressed the opening ceremony by introducing the outstanding achievements and prospects in sports in Soochow University.He stressed that all the teachers and students should firmly establish the health concept of lifelong exercise and cultivate their own tenacity of spiritual quality and strong body in physical exercises to make contributions tonational rejuvenation.

 


Athletes strove forward, referees made fair judgments, all the staff strictly observed their duties,relevant units cooperated with each other, and teachers and students gave their encouragement, making the high-quality sports event with tenacious efforts.



  

On the afternoon of October 19th, the closing ceremony of the sports meeting was held on the eastern playground. Zhou Gao, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Soochow Committee, attended the event and delivered a speech. After giving a summary of the sports event, he highlighted that students should promote sportsmanship to boost vitalization of Soochow University.