The Inter Martiniere Meet 2022

The Inter Martiniere Meet made a much-awaited comeback to Lucknow after a period of three years. The Kolkata teams were warmly welcomed into both the girls’ and the boys’ campus. The event was broken down into debates, swimming, basketball and football. It being the 75th edition of the same, the meet’s precedence was increased even further.

The event kicked off with the laying of wreaths at the founder’s tomb, a prestigious ceremony which was dutifully carried on by the authorities.

The first event to take place was the debate on the 22nd of August at 7:30 pm in Spence Hall. The Lucknow team was led by Syed Mohammad Ayaan Rizvi, who was ably supported by Kritin Bhasin, Devang Pratap Singh and Vinayak Tandon. The Kolkata team was represented by Pradyumn Nahata, Aarav Midha, Anuj Poddar and Nikhilesh Mukherjee. The topic under discussion was “The technology that connects us, also controls us.” Our home team was speaking for the motion. Spence Hall echoed with cheers and slogans by both sides as emotions were high. It was a closely contested debate with Kolkata standing as winners in the end with Nikhilesh bagging the best speaker award.

On the 23rd, we got to see the swimming teams in action. The home team was led by Smarth Jain whereas the Kolkata team was led by Vignesh Kajaria. The event was broken down into three divisions, namely Division A, B and C. The Kolkata team showed their mastery and finesse in the sport. Despite our team’s commendable effort, Kolkata was exceptional as evident by the final score of 240-104, in favour of Kolkata.

The next and the last event was the football match, the Lucknow team was led by Wali Hussain and the Kolkata team was led by Prawal Basnet. It was held at the Polo ground on a warm and sunny day. Before the match the Equestrian team displayed their skills. With much pomp and excitement, the match started. What followed was something no one could ever have imagined, as our Football Team in the first half were winning by 6-1, which was almost doubled in the next as the final score read 11-1. The football team was rightly celebrated by the boys and even by our Principal, Mr Carlyle McFarland, who granted a holiday on the special request of our captain Wali. Later in the evening, both the girls’ and boys’ contingent came together in the Spence Hall for the socials which were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

The Kolkata team was shown around the school on the 25th and were given a tour of the museum after which they left taking along with them an unforgettable experience and happy memories.

With this the 75th Inter Martiniere Meet came to an end.