Five-day sports meet at INA from Monday

The "Sabhiki Cup-2016", a sports meet for trainees of five premier officer training academies of the Army, Navy and the Air Force, will be held at Indian Naval Academy(INA) at nearby Ezhimala between March 14 and 18. The current edition of the meet, previously known as Hexagonal Meet, will see participation of teams from Indian Military Academy (IMA)- Dehradun, Air force Academy (AFA) - Hyderabad, National Defence Academy (NDA)- Khadakvasla and Officers' Training Academy - Chennai in addition to the INA.
Hockey, volleyball, tennis and cross-country running events would be held during the meet, an INA release said today.
The aim of the sports meet is to promote the spirit of sportsmanship, espirit-de-corps and healthy competition between the military academies.

The Commandants or Deputy Commandants of participating academies will also be at a "Retreat" to discuss issues of mutual interest, the release said.