Fresh Dairy Games atract massive participation

Mar 04, 2020

The games are part of Fresh Dairy’s sh3b five-year sponsorship aimed at boosting sports in secondary schools across the country.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS GAMES

St. Mary's Secondary School Kitende, Kawempe Muslim School, Mbogo Mixed, Kakungulu Memorial, Mbogo College, Mbogo High, and Budo Secondary Schools will be the school teams to beat in this year's Fresh Dairy Secondary Schools Games launched at the St. Mary's Stadium Kitende on Tuesday.

St.Mary's are the defending champions in basketball (girls) while Kawempe Muslim and Budo SS will try to defend the football (girls) and basketball (boys) in the annual championship that starts with district qualifiers on Friday.

The Mbogo schools; Mbogo Mixed, Mbogo College and Mbogo High will look to defend the Table Tennis (girls), TT (boys),  and badminton (girls) respectively while Kibuli SS and Kakungulu Memorial SS will try to win back Tennis, Badminton and the Hockey (girls) competitions respectively.

Sports Commissioner in the Ministry of Education and Sports Omara Apita advised students and teachers during the launch to embrace the new school curriculum that encourages both academic and sports excellence.

 ports ommissioner mara pita 2nd left and resh iary arketing anager incent moth 2nd right and ales anager enry samanya left and  president  atrick kanya pose during the launch of this years resh iary econdary chool ames at t arys tadium itende arch 3 2020 Sports Commissioner Omara Apita (2nd left) and Fresh Dairy Marketing Manager Vincent Omoth (2nd right) and Sales Manager Henry Ssamanya (left) and USSSA president Patrick Okanya pose during the launch of this year's Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games at St. Mary's Stadium Kitende, March 3 2020.

 


He said the new curriculum will promote the different talents to their full potential, allowing students to develop their God-given talents.

"Physical Education is the foundation of sports and it is going to be compulsory. We want our students to be good in both co-curricular activities and academics and I encourage you to adopt the new curriculum," Apita who represented State Sports Minister Denis Obua said.

He advised the officials and students to adhere to the rules and regulations of the competitions but also exhibit sportsmanship, honesty and fair play at all times.

The games start with the qualification rounds in the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) sports districts before the zonal qualifiers, April 1-19 and ahead of the national finals, May 1-10, at St. Joseph Layibi and Sacred Heart SS in Gulu.

The games are part of Fresh Diary's sh3b five-year sponsorship aimed at boosting sports in secondary schools across the country.

 ports ommissioner mara pita 4th left and resh iary arketing anager incent moth center and ales anager enry samanya 2nd right and  president  atrick kanya  2nd left pose with some of the sporting students from the different schools during the launch of this years resh iary econdary chool ames at t arys tadium itende arch 3 2020 Sports Commissioner Omara Apita (4th left) and Fresh Dairy Marketing Manager Vincent Omoth (center) and Sales Manager Henry Ssamanya (2nd right) and USSSA president Patrick Okanya (2nd left) pose with some of the sporting students from the different schools during the launch of this year's Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games at St. Mary's Stadium Kitende, March 3, 2020.

 


"Fresh Diary's sponsorship essentially serves to nurture the sporting talent of our youth while highlighting the need for health and nutrition using our products," Fresh Dairy Marketing Manager Vincent Omoth said.

He said this year's sponsorship will go towards kitting every team with each player getting 2 sets of kits during the national finals, publicity, branding, activations in the regions and administrative costs including trophies, medals, and certificates.

As part of the 2019 Fresh Diary Secondary School Games, the best performing students in basketball (2) and rugby (1) who scored at least 19 points in their UACE exams will enjoy scholarships at university courtesy of Fresh Diary.

 ports ommissioner mara pita center and resh iary arketing anager incent moth and ales anager enry samanya and  president  atrick kanya pose with some of the sporting students from the different schools during the launch Sports Commissioner Omara Apita (center) and Fresh Dairy Marketing Manager Vincent Omoth and Sales Manager Henry Ssamanya and USSSA president Patrick Okanya pose with some of the sporting students from the different schools during the launch.

 


The president USSSA Patrick Okanya said there is an increase in participation following the sponsorship but that the number of disciplines to be contested in remain seven.

He said 48 teams (boys and girls) will compete in basketball, 32 in girls football (U-20), 12 in rugby 15s, 24 in hockey, table tennis, badminton and tennis (both in boys and girls) categories.

 

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