The 1st edition of the 2024 inter-institutional field day, entitled “Festivités de fin d'années au CSRS / Journée sportive inter institutionnelle”, took place on Wednesday December 18, 2024 from 2:00 pm on the CNRA grounds.
The tournament was attended by CSRS Director General Prof. Inza Koné, as well as Drs. Gnahoua and Kouassi Kan Stéphane, respectively Director of General Resources and Security at CNRA and Researcher Trainer in Biosafety and Biosecurity at the Institut Pasteur de CI (IPCI).
Also in attendance at the stadium were employees and researchers from all three institutions (CSRS - CNRA - IPCI).
In their pre-match addresses to all the competitors, the heads of the various institutions expressed their delight at such an initiative, which brings these three organizations together around sport, far from the formal framework, while encouraging the teams to cultivate the spirit of fair play during the competitions, before concluding with: “May the best team win!
We were treated to some fiercely contested matches in a festive atmosphere.
The CNRA women's team scored a goal that ruined the hopes of the IPCI and CSRS teams of being awarded the winner's trophy.
As for the tournament between the men's teams, when the regulation minutes ran out, it was a final score of 2-1 at the end of the penalty shoot-out that sealed the final victory for the CSRS men's team.
To round off this superb inter-institutional field day, the personalities present presented awards to the two winning teams. Trophies were also awarded to the winners of checkers, ludo, cards and awalé.
Organized by the head of the CSRS sports club, Mr. Djibril Dosso, in collaboration with Mr. Kouassi Christian, Head of the CNRA's Infrastructure and General Resources Department, this recreational and sporting half-day was a convivial and dynamic affair.
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