Anniversary Football Reunion Highlights Two Decades on the Pitch
Former coaches and alumni gathered at the Hepingjie Campus gymnasium conference rooms to mark the 20th anniversary of the women’s football team. Attendees checked in between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., receiving a registration package that included a commemorative 20th-anniversary jacket, team jersey, and club banner. Following the check-in, the “Two Decades of Green Turf, Resolute Homecoming” symposium brought together past and present figures to review the team’s history. Alumni shared personal stories from their playing days, accompanied by a screening of a retrospective documentary, before concluding with a full-group photograph.
Qingyun Cup Basketball Tournament Opens With Single-Round Fixtures
The basketball tournament tipped off at the campus gymnasium with participation from seven academic departments—including traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and tuina, traditional Chinese pharmacy, management, nursing, humanities, and international studies—alongside players from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and university staff. Alumni basketball team president Yao Binbin hosted the opening ceremony, where Sports Teaching Department director Gao Lin delivered opening remarks welcoming the returning graduates. Alumni Association secretary-general Song Meng extended remote greetings, while referee representative Zheng Hanwen and athlete representative Song Chongyang, a 2012 law graduate, took oaths on behalf of participants.
The competition featured 15 matches contested under a single round-robin format.
Organizers Hand Out Six Team Honors
Following the 15-match schedule, organizers handed out six team honors across the competing faculties and alumni groups:
- Super High-Level Award: Humanities, Nursing, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Alumni Combined Team (5 wins, 1 loss)
- Impressive Strength Award: Faculty Team
- Decent Strength Award: Traditional Chinese Medicine Alumni Team
- Vigorous Elders Award: Acupuncture, Tuina, and International Alumni Combined Team
Sports Festival Cements University Culture and Alumni Ties
The dual events were organized by the Sports Teaching Department and the Alumni Association, with the alumni basketball team and university trade union handling operations. The sports festival served to honor the university’s 70th anniversary, commemorate two decades of women’s football, and extend the student Lingyun Cup athletic tradition. According to organizers, the multi-sport gathering aims to strengthen alumni ties, foster a sense of belonging to the alma mater, and promote the university motto of “seeking medical truth with diligence, cultivating virtue, and saving lives” through athletics.
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