UEW Placed 4th in 8th Mini GUSA Games

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) placed fourth in the just ended 8^th Mini Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) games held at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Central Region, Ghana. 

UEW clinched 14 medals in total to emerge fourth. The University of Cape Coast (UCC) won the competition with 37 medals while the University of Development Studies (UDS) amassed 36 medals to take the second position. The University of Ghana (UG) placed third with 22 medals whereas the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) came fifth with two medals.  

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) and University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) placed sixth with no medal.

The ten day event saw a massive display of talents in the areas of football, volleyball, athletics, discus, high jump, long jump, shot put and triple jump.

A colourful closing ceremony to climax the event was attended by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Joseph Ampiah Ghartey and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Chairperson of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Boandoh. The Vice-Chancellor expressed delight with the level of talents on display at the games and thanked the LOC for a wonderful work done despite the short notice within which the Commitee was called into action concerning the games.

Some jubilant athletes celebrating their victory

The grand finale for football saw UDS locking horns with UEW but UEW lost painfully by two goals to nil derailing the team’s dream of annexing the gold medal in men's soccer for the second successive time. UG also beat UENR to third place by two goals to one.

Abdul Majid Abdul of UDS was adjudged the best Men's Soccer Player for the Games while David Abagna also of UDS and a professional footballer with Wa All Stars stole the Goal King award with a total of seven goals.

UG received the GUSA flag to host the year 2020 GUSA games. In attendance was the Registrar of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Surv. Paul Osei-Barima Esq and other Registrars from sister Universities.

Surv. Paul Osei-Barima Esq (front middle) in the stands

Here are the list of results and medals;

400m Women’s final

Nuhu Rafiatu of UDS broke the old record of 54.81s and set new record of 54.79.0

400m Men’s final

200m Women’s final

200m Men’s final

5,000m Women’s final

100m Women’s final

Discus Women

10,000 Men

4×400m Women

4×400m Men

100m Men

Note Enoch Adofo and Oppong Bright Kwaku of UEW, and Opoku Shadrack of UCC were disqualified on grounds of false start.

Pole Vault

Final Day (Day 9, 10th Jan, 2019)

Soccer Men

Men’s Medal Table

Women’s Medal Table

Total Medal Haul