Our Sports Reporter
The inauguration ceremony of the tournament was graced by P. I. Sabu, Regional Director, CBSE, Guwahati as the Chief Guest.
A total of 30 CBSE schools encompassing the NE, including the host MBRS have participated in the tournament out of which 19 are U-19 boys and 12 are U-19 girls teams. However in U-17 Boys and Girls categories, there are 15 and 13 teams respectively.
Dr. N. K. Dutta, the Founder and Principal of the host school MBRS, extended a warm welcome to all the participating CBSE schools encompassing the entire NE region to MBRS.
The Chief Guest P. I. Sabu, Regional Director, CBSE, Guwahati in his address extended greetings and good-luck to all the participants and made a clarion call to all to maintain a congenial atmosphere throughout the tournament and to build a splendid camaraderie to fulfil the real cause of organizing this Cluster matches. Sabu also declared the opening of the tournament.