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��Sports Team Presents GUSA Games Trophies to Management

louis.mensah — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:13:18 +0000

The Sports Team has presented trophies the team won at the 26th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games held at the University of Ghana from January 3 to 19, 2020 to the Vice-Chancellor and Management team

UCC Sports team emerged overall champions with a total of 64 medals consisting of 28 gold, 23 silver, and 13 bronze at the Games.

��Champions of GUSA Games since 2012

Briefing the Vice-Chancellor, Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, and other members of Management of the University, the Chairman of the Sports and Recreation Committee, Dr. Charles Domfeh, noted that the team had been crowned champions of both mini and main GUSA Games since 2012 up to date. “We have now completed the cycle of winning both the mini and main GUSA Games in all the member Universities from 2012” he indicated.

Dr. Domfeh appealed to Management to invest in sports infrastructure and management of Sportsmen and women. He called for a policy to help the University to realise enough Internally Generated Funds (IGF) to support sports activities in the University. “If we are able to develop sports infrastructure such as Astro Turf we can generate money for the University by charging other institutions or individuals that want to organise competitions or events there,” he noted. He further announced that “Two of our students are playing in the American Major League and if we had managed them well we could have been rewarded for these two players”.

Dr. Domfeh was grateful to Management for the continuous support over the years and indicated that “this has propelled us to win all these laurels for the University”.

��Sports Team Has Made us Proud

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, who led the team to the GUSA Games in Legon, said a recommendation had been made to Management to upgrade the Sports Section to a Directorate in order to put in place the required structures to promote sports activities in the University. She congratulated the team on the feat it had achieved saying “You have done well by making ��visible again through Sports”. She commended the coaches for the passion with which they worked, especially lecturers who volunteered to take up responsibility for some of the disciplines.

On his part, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, congratulated members of the team and assured them of Management’s continuous support. He noted that ��was not only excelling academically, but was also making headlines through sports.

Celebration of Success

Prof. Ampiah promised that the University would organise a special event to recognise and celebrate the successes of the team. “We need to celebrate this achievement in a grand style and also invite other institutions from Cape Coast to take inspiration from our team,” he added.

Present at the meeting were the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh, Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; Provost, College of Distance Education, Prof. Isaac K. A. Galyuon; Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Eric F. Amuquandoh; Provost, College of Health and Allied Sciences, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong; Provost, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. Moses Jojo Eghan and Provost, College of Education Studies, Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis.

Others were the Dean of Students' Affairs, Prof. Eugene K. M. Darteh; Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame; Ag. Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd) and Senior Assistant Registrar, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Georgina Asi Owusu, Head of Sports Section, Mr. Timothy Mensah, members of the Sports and Recreation Committee and some sports coaches.

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��leads GUSA Games Medal Table

louis.mensah — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:43:35 +0000

The 26th edition of the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games has reached its penultimate stages in the University of Ghana.

After 11 days of thrilling battles between sportsmen and ladies, it is the �� (UCC) who leads the medal table for the most accumulation of silverware in the ongoing Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games.

The ranking is based on the three concluded sporting disciplines – tennis, athletics, and goalball.

��has been dominant by far, churning out 25 medals in total with the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) managing 18 laurels and the University for Development Studies (UDS) having 17 silverwares.

In the track and field, ��has won 16 medals; with the host institution, the University of Ghana (UG), winning 17 medals.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and University of Energy and Natural Resources (UNER) both have a bronze medal apiece. KNUST won bronze in tennis while UNER secured bronze medal in the athletics discipline.

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) University of Professional Studies (UPSA), University of Health and Allied Science (UHAS), debutants Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have all won nothing yet.

Nine sporting disciplines remain for schools to fight for medals. These disciplines include Handball, Football, Badminton, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey, and Netball.

The games will end on January 19, 2020.

UNIVERSITY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
UCC 9 11 5 25
UEW 8 5 5 18
UDS 6 4 7 17
UG 3 6 6 15
KNUST 0 0 1 1
UNER 0 0 1 1

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DESAG Organises 4th Annual Zonal Games

louis.mensah — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:05:37 +0000

The Distance Education Students’ Association (DESAG) has held its 4th Annual Games in three zones in Ghana

The Southern Zone Competition was held at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium and featured Distance Students from the Central, Greater Accra, Western and Volta Regions. For the Middle Zone, the games were held in Kumasi with participating teams from the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Eastern Regions whereas the Northern Zone which took place at Tamale comprised Distance Students from Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.

Upper East Region won the games for the Northern Zone. Due to heavy downpour, the Middle Zone games could not end successfully for a winner to be determined.

They competed in athletics, volley ball and soccer.

Opening the competition in the Southern Zone, the Coordinator of the Students Support Services Unit of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), Dr. Felix Kumedzro, commended DESAG executives both national and regional, past and present for sustaining the games for the past four years. “You have worked together with your students and the College Management to create a vibrant and meaningful sporting platform, on which our distance students build their character and strive towards their sporting aspirations” he noted.

“The United Nations Human Rights and Sport for Development and Peace Framework states that the practice of education and sport is a fundamental right for all” he said. He explained that it articulated the right-based approach in sport and recreation including physical activity and leisure which have been present in the sport and recreation discourse since the founding of the United Nations that was preceded by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights that endorsed a framework of rights and duties. “Everyone student has the right to rest and leisure…and that…education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality…and everyone has the right to freely participate in the sporting life of the community,” he indicated.

Dr. Kumedzro said sport was a vehicle for youth development and empowerment, especially for boys and girls adding that “It is a tool for social integration and empowerment through tailored programmes. It teaches students values and shapes their attitudes, such as to respect the rules of the sport and the game officials, and sportsmanship”. In that regard, he noted that the role of the University Management particularly, the departments involved in sports and recreation were of pivotal importance.

Dr. Kumedzro who is also the Patron of DESAG, called on the Ghana Education Service to consider integrating other disciplines such as swimming. He expressed worry that the inter-school sports championships was only limited to athletics, volleyball, and football. “We should incorporate other sporting areas such as swimming to expose our students to other sporting skills,” he advised. According to him, “this will go a long way to equip our students to other sporting skills”.

The National President of DESAG, Mr.George Amenyo, expressed gratitude to the Sports Committee and other executives of the Association for the team spirit which ensured that the games were properly planned. He said the annual games served as a great opportunity to unearth talents of Distance Students as well as identifying good players to join the University’s main team for both national and international tournaments. “The games allow us to socialise and build network among ourselves and we strongly believe in our slogan that distance is not a barrier to education and anything in life,” he stressed.

Mr. Amenyo appealed to the players and athletes to abide by the rules of the games and reminded the supporters to comport themselves without resorting to any act that would destroy the beauty of the games. He wished the teams well and announced that for the first time in the history of the games, medals would be presented to the winning teams and deserving students. He assured them that DESAG would continue to seek their welfare and ensure that they study in a conducive academic environment.

At the end of the competition the Greater Accra Region emerged the overall winners with 9 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals whiles the Central Region placed second position with 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, the Volta Region took the third position with 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze followed by the Western Region placed fourth with 2 silver and 3 bronze.

The President for the Greater Accra Region, Mr. Bright Amoako, was excited that they have won the trophy and indicated they will do everything possible to retain it in the region for a long time.

Present at the games was the Regional Resident Tutor for the Greater Accra Region, Mr. Evans Frimpong Manso and some lecturers of CoDE.

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7th Mini-GUSA Games Officially Opens at UCC

louis.mensah — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:10:58 +0000

The 7th Mini-Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games which is being hosted by the �� has officially been opened at a colourful ceremony at the Cape Coast Stadium.

The games opened under the distinguished patronage of the Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, with Omanhen of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarima Kwesi Attah II, as the guest of honour. The competition is on the theme “University Sports, a Unifier for Post-Election Ghana”.

The competition which is organised every two years has athletes from eight public universities compete in the following disciplines; Basketball (Male), Football and Goal ball (Male and Female), Netball (female), Table Tennis (Male and Female) and Tennis (Male and Female).

Competing Universities for the Games include the �� (UCC), University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University for Development Studies (UPSA). Others are the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), University for Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) and the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS).

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, said the theme for the games should serve as a reminder that the peace institutions like the Universities and for that matter Ghanaians were enjoying should be paramount in all our endeavours. “This same peace is expected to manifest in the various disciplines for all to emulate”, he admonished the team players and officials.

The Vice-Chancellor noted that a good student should be able to excel in both academics and sports, adding that “all the sports women and men here are potential best students in your various institutions because you are combining sports and academics”. He urged the students from the eight institutions to use the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas that could earn them success in their future endeavours. He further told them to demonstrate unity in the games because “we all belong to the same constituency and this constituency is not our respective universities but Ghana as a whole.

Prof. Ampiah commended the entire student body, especially the Local Organising Committee (LOC), for working very hard to ensure the successful organisation of the games despite the short notice and also expressed gratitude to the Sports Council for releasing the New Cape Coast Stadium for the games. He wished all the competing universities success in the games.

The President of GUSA, Prof. Joseph Oga, thanked ��for hosting the 7th Mini-GUSA and also facilitating the securing the New Cape Coat Stadium for the games. He said the Mini-GUSA games were instituted to engage students in the off year of the biannual GUSA games and for the selection of athletes to represent Ghana in the World University Games.

Prof. Oga noted that athletes who excelled in the games would be selected to join the Ghana team for the 2017 World University Games to be held at Chinese Taipei in Taiwan form August 19th to 30th, 2017.He commended the eight universities for participating in the event and wished them success.

The Guest of honour for the occasion, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, performed the first kick for the official opening of the games. ��Women Soccer team defeated their counterparts in UG by two goals to nil in the opening match during the ceremony.

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Participating Universities Arrive at ��for 7th MINI GUSA GAMES

louis.mensah — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:21:04 +0000

The ��, (UCC) is hosting the 7th Mini Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games from 3rd to 13th January, 2016.

The official opening of the Games would be held on Thursday, January 5th, 2016 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium at 2 pm. The 10-day competition is under the distinguished patronage of the Vice-Chancellor of the ��, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.

Participating Universities include the ��, University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University for Development Studies(UDS). Others are the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), University for Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), University of Energy and Natural Resources(UENR). and the University of Health and Allied Sciences(UHAS).

Currently, all participating Universities and officials for the games have arrived at ��for registration and accreditation. In all about 270 students have been registered with 800 officials. The multipurpose Sports Building which serves as the Games Secretariat has been well equipped with the necessary logistics. Accreditation cards have been produced officials and the various team members of the participating universities.

In an interview, the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, gave the assurance that all the necessary preparations have been done to ensure a successful organisation of the Mini-GUSA Games. He expressed confidence that the 7th edition of the Mini-GUSA which was being hosted by ��would be on record as one of the best in the history of the games. He called on the University Community and the general public to be present at the Cape Coast Stadium to witness the games.

Prof. Oduro advised the participating teams and the officials to observe the rules of the respective games to bring out the beauty of the competition. He wished all the teams well in the competition.

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������Sports Team Presents GUSA Games Trophies to Management

������Champions of GUSA Games since 2012

������Sports Team Has Made us Proud

Celebration of Success

������leads GUSA Games Medal Table

DESAG Organises 4th Annual Zonal Games

7th Mini-GUSA Games Officially Opens at UCC

Participating Universities Arrive at ������for 7th MINI GUSA GAMES

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��Sports Team Presents GUSA Games Trophies to Management

��Champions of GUSA Games since 2012

��Sports Team Has Made us Proud

��leads GUSA Games Medal Table

Participating Universities Arrive at ��for 7th MINI GUSA GAMES