Air University's Sports Week

Air University Islamabad held its first ever "sports week" from the 31st march to 4 April 2008. The event filled with various activities and had a bit of everything. The week started with an official oath taking ceremony of the members of the various societies of the university, after which the Vice Chancellor addressed the students and declared the week open.The first real activity was the Bait-Bazi competition and a Mushaira. The students indeed had a good laugh at the poetry of the famous Pakistani poet Anwar Masood and Sarfraz Ahmed who graced the occasion. Competitions for cricket, Devil football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, tug of war also started on the first day in which all the departments participated. Hiking and paragliding trips took place every next day. The second day was a busy one as well along side all the sports activities speech n debate competition took place. Including the famous cricket match of girls from Engineering and BBA department, which Engineering department won on the last ball Mina Bazaar was also held on the second day which was a real success which included different stalls. A singing competition marked the start of the third day as participants sang their hearts out to prove their voicing capabilities. Naat competition was also held in addition to the preliminary rounds of the Chess competition, a dramatics competition and an essay writing competition also took place the following day. The highlight of the next day was the "Career fair" organized by the Placement and Alumni Office and AUSTA, for the University's currently enrolled students, as well as for its Alumni. The last day of the "AUSW" materialized with the finals of All the sports and games including a nail biting final cricket match between telecom and Mechatronics. The remaining part of the afternoon was taken over by the "Spring Fiesta" organised by the Cultural society, which had numerous fun filled stalls and Activities including a Console Gaming battle and a Scavenger Hunt that had cash prizes. A concert marked the end of the evening as the students shouted out into the night. Prize distribution and closing ceremony took place the next day. Although every thing needs improvement Overall the First ever sports week was a success, which allowed staff and students to mix and created a sense of competition.