The proverb “A sound mind in a sound body” perfectly encapsulates the importance of sports in everyday life. Apart from enhancing physical fitness, it also brings in benefits of healthy socializing & builds character values. As sports play vital role in making any individual physically and mentally healthy, the college gives due importance to sports activities. The students regularly bring laurels at university, state, national and international levels. Annual Sports Day is an important event of the college and is the most sought after day among students. On this day, the students engage in healthy competition (house-wise) and vie for Chandranshu Memorial Rolling Trophy (House Winner) and Kamaljeet Singh Memorial Rolling Trophy (House Runner UP).
The Committee for Promotion of Sports Activities, 2016-17 of St. Thomas College, Bhilai is constituted as under:
Mr. Kailash Narayan Verma – Convenor
Dr. Rincy Bijo Abraham – Co-convenor
Dr. Ashok Kumar Mishra
Mrs. Ritu Biswas
Mr. Santosh Kumar Miri
Mrs. Deepti Santosh
Mrs. Susan Ebison
Mr. Laxman Prasad
Mr. Sandeep Bhawnani
Mr. Mahendra Kumar Ikhar
Mr. Mohan Patel
Dr. Biplob Goswami
Facilities
Indoor: Table Tennis, Carom
Outdoor: Sports Complex:
The college has a spacious sports complex spread over an area of 160 x 80 meters. It was constructed in the year 2012 through UGC aid. It has a seating capacity of 300 spectators and has facilities for football, cricket, volleyball and basketball. It is used as a venue for hosting college level, inter collegiate and state level tournaments.
Due consideration is given during admission to students who have participated in National Level sports events and fee concessions are also provided.