3056 PNG-SI Henderson Rector's Cup
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Colourful
start
to DBTI Rector's Cup
HENDERSON
(SI) 24 April 2012 --
The annual Don Bosco Technical Institute Rector’s Cup
Competition got
off to a colourful start on 19th April, as the students
presented their
class mascots, war cries, banners and dances to an excited
crowd of
parents and guests who had assembled to celebrate the Opening
Ceremony.
The Rector’s Cup is an annual challenge at DBTI. It involves
regular
sporting matches between each of the classes throughout the
whole year.
The aim of this competition is to promote and encourage
healthy
lifestyles and good sportsmanship, but also to help the young
students
of the Institute to engage in competition and social
interaction in a
positive way.
The key component of the Opening Ceremony is the Class
Challenge. In
this challenge, students present mascots, banners, war cries
and dances
they have developed and made together. Each item is judged
based on a
number of criteria which place emphasis on teamwork and on
excellence.
All of the teams rose to the challenge this year, presenting a
colourful and enthusiastic display of team spirit that
encompassed
their current learning and their traditions. There was a huge
variety
in the work presented to the judges, with Hip Hop and Break
Dancing
sharing the floor with traditional dances of Malaita and
Guadalcanal.
The mascots and banners each represented hours of work and
thorough
planning and polishing, and the war cries showed that these
well-behaved students know how to let down their hair when
they want to!
The occasion also allowed for a strengthening of relationships
between
DBTI and its supporters. Invited guests included parents and
members of
the School Board, as well as community members and some very
special
guests from ANZ management. Ms Nancy Kame, ANZ Consumer
Lending Manager
presented the school with some ANZ bags and water bottles to
be used in
the games and in the school. She also addressed the students
on the
importance of participation and team work, encouraging them to
come to
ANZ to help deal with their needs and to look there for
employment
opportunities in the future. DBTI principal, Camari Bainivalu,
also
spoke to the students about the benefits they can get from
such
opportunities as the Rector’s Cup programme.
The Team Challenge results were announced by Sr. Secilia Sala
fma who
commended the students for their enthusiasm and recognised the
hard
work put in by everyone. The winners on the day were the
Senior
Carpentry class with their “safety first” message and their
enthusiastic traditional dance – they had even built a
miniature house
on wheels as their mascot – but all the students involved are
to be
commended for their dedication.
