Sports
The College has earned popularity for its excellence in sports and gaming activities. From time to time the students of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College has received invitation to participate in all the international competitions. To facilitate sports, the College authorities have built a spacious playground where students can play games like Hockey, Cricket, Football, etc. Ample facilities are given for promoting indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess and mini Gymnasium. A superb Sports Complex called Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex has been built, consisting of 16 up-to-date gymnasium, with facilities of treadmill and weightlifting. A squash racket room, three table tennis rooms, and changing rooms for players are incorporated within this complex. There is a seminar room that is delightfully decorated, providing excellent infrastructure for workshops, seminars and associated activities.
The college has recently constructed a new floodlit Lawn Tennis court (120X120) at a cost of Rs 23 lakh. The Khalsa Tennis Academy has also been set up to utilize the infrastructure and nurture fresh talents. The academy is being supervised under former Indian Davis Cup Player, Balram Singh. The college, along with Ramjas College and Shri Ram College of Commerce is one of the rugby training venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and hence the sporting facilities are under further upgradation.
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