Great News! NJCIT Wins the 2024 "Governor's Cup" Jiangsu University Student Football League Finals (Men's Group Finals of Higher Vocational and Technical College Group)

From November 3 to 8, the 2024 Governor's Cup Jiangsu University Student Football League Finals (men's group finals of the higher vocational and technical college group) were held at Jiangsu College of Nursing in Huai'an. This competition was co-sponsored by the Jiangsu Education Department and the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau for the first time. After the preliminary zonal qualifiers, a total of eight strong teams across the province entered the finals.

Under the enthusiastic care of school leaders, the Department of Physical Education took the initiative in planning for the competition and organized coaches to hold several seminars on training plan formulation. Through scientific planning and careful organization, the NJCIT football team stepped up its training in spare time under the leadership of teachers Wen Xiang and Xi Jinxing and participated in a number of friendly matches before the finals to get the players prepared and build up their stamina. NJCIT sent a team consisting of 20 selected players to participate in the finals. In the high-intensity and fiercely competitive matches, players from NJCIT fearlessly faced strong opponents, united as one, and fought tenaciously to showcase their talent. Even if the key players suffered injuries or illness, the strong substitute players ensured a normal rotation. In the end, our team stood out among the eight teams participating in the finals and won the championship. This is the second time that NJCIT has won the championship in this event, following its victory in the 2023 Governor's Cup Jiangsu University Student Football League Finals.

This achievement is inseparable from NJCIT's strong emphasis on the football program, the attentive guidance from the teachers, and the inheritance and hard work of generations of NJCIT students. The NJCIT football team will continue to hold on to their dreams, stay grounded, and embrace new challenges and opportunities with greater enthusiasm and determination. We believe that with the joint efforts of all players, our team will surely be able to shine even brighter in the future and continue to write a more glorious chapter!

This competition not only showcased the competitive level of our football team but also demonstrated the achievements made by NJCIT in cultivating talents committed to developing socialism and carrying forward the socialist cause with all-around development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. In the future, the Department of Physical Education will actively cooperate with other functional departments and secondary schools (departments) to add glory to NJCIT and make new contributions to sports education.

Photo/Text by Wen Xiang, Department of Physical Education

Reviewed by Wang Bin, Department of Physical Education