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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Bhaichung thanks students for supporting USFC’s I-League quest


GANGTOK, 02 May: The United Sikkim Football Club [USFC] co-owner Bhaichung Bhutia is visiting schools in-and-around the Capital to thank students for their passionate support for the club throughout the recently-held 2nd Division I-League Football Tournament held at Paljor Stadium. By winning the tournament, Bhiachung’s USFC has been promoted to the first division I-League.
Today, he visited his alma mater, Tashi Namgyal Academy [TNA], where he was given a warm welcome by the students. Present on the occasion were GMC Deputy Mayor, Shakti Singh, members of TNA Almuni, Principal TNA, Kuldeep Singh Haren, teachers and school children.
During his brief address, he urged students to study hard, but also to give priroty to sports, “for if one is good in sports there are chances that their talents can be nutured and used for better in the future”.
He also asked the students to remember the monogram that they wore on their chests, as it “defines who they are and to which school they belong”.
He also spoke of his days in the school, his stay in the hostel and of his teachers who taught and nutured him. He thanked all of them. In the end, he thanked the students and children for the huge support shown by them for the USFC during all their matches.
Meanwhile, Arjun Rai [senior Manager, USFC] informed that Bhaichung has already visited Modern Senior Secondary School and West Point Senior Secondary School and would be visiting Enchey Senior Secondary School in the afternoon. He will be visiting Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary School and Paljor Namgyal Girls Secondary School tomorrow. He will be visiting all the schools in Gangtok in the coming days, it was further informed.

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