Several DU colleges are yet to get back their fields after they were taken over by CWG authorities last year

Delhi University colleges are all geared up to begin trials for admissions under the sports quota. Unlike last year's centralised system, institutes will hold individual trials this year. Many college grounds, which were taken up as training venues during the Commonwealth Games, including those at Hindu, Ramjas, Hansraj and Kirorimal, are yet to be reclaimed by the institutes. A few other grounds are out of shape.


Not ready: The ground of Khalsa College at North Campus.
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Hindu College for instance, is yet to get its sports field ready, as it has not been handed over to them by the university. The college is holding its basketball trials beginning Tuesday at the St. Stephen's College ground.

Out of campus
"We have four sports events in our college - basketball, cricket, table tennis and swimming. We are holding all the trials outside. I don't want to comment on the status of our college ground. For basketball, we are using Stephen's ground, for swimming we have organised it in a government school in Bharat Nagar, for cricket we are yet to decide and for tennis we will use the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) ground in Hauz Khas," said IP Singh, associate professor, physical education, Hindu College.

However KMC, which did not have sports admissions last year as they did not accept the centralised sports trials, will be holding its trials July 1 onwards. KMC associate professor, physical education Beenu Gupta said: "We didn't have sports admissions last year as the entire centralised system was faulty and unacceptable.

The college ground is not fit for cricket as it was used for rugby during CWG. Also the fitness centre built during the Games has not been opened for use yet. We will utilise other college grounds for most of our trials."
Meanwhile Ramjas College has got its ground back from the university; it will hold trials on June 29 and July 1.