The Sports Day officially started after every class had gathered in the track and field grounds. One could feel the tension between the sea of colored headbands as they stood side by side under the morning sun.
A male teacher then spoke thru a microphone. He was under a tent together with some members of the Broadcasting club. He then gave a brief outline of how the whole day event would unfold. Most preliminary matches would happen in the morning while the finals would be held in the afternoon.
Each year had five classes, so the preliminaries would be a five-way battle. But in the finals, it will only be amongst three groups, each representing the first, second and third-year classes.