MINI GUSA GAMES REPORT

The MINI GUSA GAMES is a miniature of the main GUSA competition and is held every year. The competition is a platform for Universities in Ghana to show chases their athlete capabilities aside studies. This year the event will also serve as a platform for the athletes to be selected to represent the country at the World University Championships in Seoul – South Korea in June this year.

                                                               100 METER FINAL

The just ended Mini GUSA GAMES hosted at Kumasi was a success with five Universities representing at the games. Defending champions University Of Ghana  got off to a slow start after when their men’s football team struggled to beat UPSA (University Of  Professional Studies) in their first game , a one all draw resulted in a penalty shootout ending 4-2 in their favor , indeed it was a sign that things weren’t going to be easy for the defending champions.  This year five schools instead of the usual seven participated in the games, the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) and University of Development Studies (UDS) failed to honor their slots due to various factors.

In the Men’s football category although UPSA failed to clench Bronze after their hopes were dashed away when the game between UG (University Of Ghana ) and KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology), ending in UG favor and subsequently winning them bronze.  For the female team their performance was nothing to write home about after their poor performance, which has often been the case due to lack of competition and training. 

                                                       UPSA PENALTY MISS    

                              

                                                       UG WINS 4-2 ON PENALTIES

TRACK EVENTS

                                                         200 METERS HEAT

In the track events UPSA recorded their first medal from the women’s department, as Andoh Helina came in third in the 1500M women’s final, with a record time of 5:27:88seconds.  A true talent she is and will definitely be one to watch come the Main GUSA games.

FIELD EVENTS

The teams second medal came in the field event surprisingly also from the women’s department. In the Discuss Women’s final Female Athlete Adjong Mary recorded 16.55m to secure Bronze. Mary is a level 300 student offering Banking and Finance and would also be a great prospect come the Main GUSA games.

Assistant Director of  Sports , Mr Turkson gave his remarks about the competition, in his statement , he said, " I believe the organization of the games was great and all participating teams were also well organized". 

  Speaking to Blow Your Horn Sports, Mr Turkson stated that the recent performance by the team was an improvement from their previous campaign. He also shed light on the performance of the ladies and furthur stated the team will definitely be Dark Horses in the Main Event.

From BLOW YOUR HORN GHANA we say kudos to the team for their hard work and participation and God willing we hope to see a much better performance. 

                                             UG VS UPSA SHOWING SPORTSMANSHIP

MEDAL TABLE

INSTITUTION	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
UCC	18	14	9
UEW	12	5	10
KNUST	6	12`	6
UG	3	6	10
UPSA	0	0	2