69th Inter Martiniere Meet 

As always there was a lot of excitement about the Lucknow – Calcutta Meet  .

The teams arrived in Lucknow on the 25^th August. In the evening the teams from Kolkata went to our Founder’s tomb to pay homage . The Resident Scholars of the College put up a small entertainment programme after dinner.

On the 26^th morning the teams headed to La Martiniere Girl’s College for the Debate. The Kolkata girls won the debate. In the evening the debate for the boys at  Spence Hall was held. Spence Hall resounded to the loud cries of ‘Go Cal ‘ and ‘Go Lucknow’. The Kolkata boys won the debate. The best speaker was Arka Banerjee from Kolkata.

On the 27^th the swimming competition was held. This year the swimming competition was at the boys College pool, which has been thoroughly renovated. The Lucknow boys did exceptionally well and lost to Kolkata with a close margin of 14 points.

On the 27^th evening the girls basketball was held at the Girl’s college. The Lucknow girls won and the score was 12-16.

On the 28^th morning, the girls swimming was held at the Girl’s college. The lucknow girls won. The score board showing 154-214 as the final score.

In the evening, the boys of Kolkata and Lucknow clashed on the Polo ground in an exciting football match. The match finished in a 1-1 draw. Mohd Kamran was the only one to score a goal.

Later, that evening a social was organized for the boys and girls. They had a wonderful time dancing to the latest tunes.

On the 29^th  morning, the teams from Kolkata was given an official send-off  by the boys of lucknow. The Principal of Kolkata, Mr S. Chakravarthi  gave a very inspirational speech to the boys.