Amritsar : It was a time to celebrate the sportsman spirit for Spring Dale family when the Spring Daleans joined together amidst quite a buzz, to cheer up their buddies during the Inter-house matches for Cricket,Football,Badminton,Volleyball and Basketball etc.
The occasion was Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu Memorial Cup-2026 being organized in the school campus during 25th to 30th September 2025, in form of inter-house matches.The event inaugurated today in the form of a tribute to late Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu.
This inaugural event added to the Spring Dale pride with the school alumni, the Hockey Icon, Olympian Ramandeep Singh, S.P.,Investigations, Amritsar Police (Rural), being the chief guest of the day.
While giving information about the occasion, Sahiljit Singh Sandhu,Chairman,Spring Dale Educational Society briefed that the event began with Olympian Ramandeep Singh paying a tribute to his mentor, late Dr Sandhu. It was followed by kindling of the torch which was passed on by the house captains to their counterparts as a gesture of sportsmanship. Sandhu shared that the event trophy was also unveiled during this curtain raiser event.
Olympian Ramandeep Singh,recalled the golden period of his school days at Spring Dale Senior School and he also remembered the late Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu,on this occasion. "Late Dr Sandhu passionately undertook the efforts to restore the pride of the national game and revive the sport of Hockey to its pristine glory and his efforts are finally bearing the fruit now that the National game has reclaimed its charm among the youth", said Ramandeep.
While cheering up the young sportspersons,Dr. Kirat Sandhu Cheema,Director,Spring Dale Educational Society profoundly remembered his late father Dr Shivinder Singh Sandhu ,on this occasion,for being a sports-enthusiast .
School-Principal, Rajiv Kumar Sharma, shared that sports have been an integral part of the teaching-learning methodology practised at Spring Dale.