Fleet 'A' team lifts ENC X-country Championship Trophy

Fleet 'A' team lifts ENC X-country Championship Trophy

Eastern Naval Command X-Country Championship 2016-17 was held at INS Dega on 06 August 2016. All ships and establishments of Eastern Naval Command including outstation units from Tamil Nadu area took part in the event. The aim of the event was to popularise the sport of cross-country amongst service personnel and to select ENC X-country team.

The cross-country was conducted over a distance of 12 kilometres within the premises of the Naval Air Station, INS Dega and the participants were grouped into seven teams of 12 runners each. The Championship was governed by the rules of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

The event was very keenly contested and eventually the race was won by Pawan Kumar, SEA-I of Local Flotilla team, Praveen Kumar, SEA-I of Fleet ‘A’ team was the Runner-up. The Team Championship for the year 2016-17 was won by the Fleet ‘A’ Team while Fleet ‘B’ Team was runner up. Commodore Debanil Bhattacharya, Commanding Officer, INS Dega was the chief guest for the event and gave away prizes to individual winners and trophies to the winning teams.