# KR Prahladan

Kunnamkulam: Will Palakkad district be capable to change into champions on the Kerala State School Sports Meet for the third consecutive yr? Or will the Malappuram district – the brand new powerhouse in sports activities within the state, defeat the percentages and rise to the highest? Or will the opposite districts reign supreme on the meet? We must wait and see. The sixty fifth Kerala State School Sports Meet will kick off in the present day in Kunnamkulam.

The members had skilled on the newly laid artificial observe on the Kunnamkulam GVHSS on Monday. The state college sports activities meet is being carried out in Thrissur after a spot of 15 years. The first occasion on the meet is the three,000 metres race for junior women. The competitors will kick off at 7 AM in the present day. Medal winners in 21 occasions shall be selected the primary day of the meet.

Over 4 days, 2,680 college students will compete throughout 98 occasions on the meet. This yr, the districts of Kozhikode, Kottayam and Ernakulam will pose a significant menace to the robust groups from Palakkad and Malappuram. It needs to be famous that Ernakulam had efficiently defended their title for over years ranging from 2004. It is just in 2019 that they handed over the trophy to a distinct group, turning into the runners up in that specific yr. However, within the final meet, they have been pushed to the fifth spot, a dismal efficiency in comparison with their earlier years.

But Ernakulam will attempt to reestablish dominance on the meet this yr, bringing in freshly recruited sporting abilities from the district to the meet. The Kottayam group can be decided to place up a stable efficiency on the meet. In final yr’s meet held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode had completed third, intently adopted by Kottayam district.

The meet shall be inaugurated by Minister V Sivankutty at 3:30 PM on Tuesday.