Guwahati :

Former international athlete, Arjuna Awardee Ashwini Nachappa will attend the 30th Abhiruchi Sports Day as the chief guest. Informing this, organising committee president Balendra Mohan Chakravorty said Nachappa will lead the mass jogging of the central function here on September 3 which will be flegged off at the Chandmari flyover at 6.30 am.

Other programmes like felicitation to international athletes of the State, group dance and mass PT competitions among the city-based schools will be conducted on the occasion. The Day has been organised on the occasion of the birthday of Bhogeswar Baruah, the first Assamese sportsperson to receive the Arjuna Award.

source: http://www.assamtribune.com / The Assam Tribune / Home / by Sports Reporter / Guwahati – August 26th, 2013