HUTB 2024 Faculty Basketball Tournament Concludes Successfully

2024-05-10

Strive for excellence and embark on a new journey of accomplishments. On the evenings of May 7 and 8, the finals and exhibition games of the HUTB 2024 Faculty Basketball Tournament were held at the Yangfan Stadium. Chen Xiaohong, Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, Director of Xiangjiang Laboratory, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Liu Guoquan, Member of the CPC HUTB Committee and Vice President of HUTB, and Yi Mianyang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC HUTB Committee, watched the games together with the faculty and students and presented awards to the champion, runner-up, and third-place teams.

On the evening of May 8, the School of Sports and Health and the core members of various teams gathered together to present a passionate, exciting, highly skilled, and dazzling basketball performance for the faculty and students. With the sound of the whistle, the players from both sides entered into an intense competition, demonstrating seamless passing and launching waves of brilliant attacks through coordinated teamwork.

During halftime, the dragon dance, with agile movements of soaring and leaping flowing seamlessly and gracefully, showcasing advanced and intricate yoga poses.

Before the exciting exhibition game, a 9-day tournament was held. Seven teams, formed by secondary units, competed in a round-robin tournament to foster friendship through sportsmanship and determine rankings based on points. The "Forge Ahead Team" formed by the branch labour unions of the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Xiangjiang Laboratory, School of Digital Media Engineering and Humanities, and School of Microelectronics and Physics and the "Innovative Breakthrough Team" formed by the branch labour unions of the Administrative Department VI, the School of Computer Science, and the School of Accounting, successfully advanced to the finals.

Both teams demonstrated unity, cooperation, and a combination of offensive and defensive capabilities. They actively contested for the ball, passed and intercepted it, displaying high spirits and intense passion, showcasing the style of the faculty and staff of HUTB.

In the end, the "Forge Ahead Team" defeated the "Innovative Breakthrough Team" to win the championship of this competition. At the awards ceremony, Secretary Chen Xiaohong presented the championship trophy to the "Forge Ahead Team". Vice President Liu Guoquan presented the runner-up trophy to the "Innovative Breakthrough Team". Vice Secretary Yi Mianyang presented the third-place trophy to the "Invincible Team".

Chief Leaders took a group photo with the players, faculty and students present, capturing the wonderful moments of the competition. The Faculty Basketball Tournament was brought to a successful conclusion. (Reported by Tuhua and Chen Luming from the Converged Media Center)