Management of University of Cape Coast has applauded the sports contingent of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Basic School for their sterling performances at the 2023 Basic School Sports Association (UBaSSA) Games held at the University of Ghana.

The pupils, who participated in the various track and field events, as well as soccer, competed with their counterparts from the basic schools of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana (UG) and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT).

After the three-day event, Team UCC Basic School obtained seven (7) out of thirteen (13) trophies at stake.

UCC Basic School was first in the boys and girls Junior High School (JHS) category Table Tennis contest, Table Tennis (Primary, boys), Athletics (Primary, girls), Athletics (JHS, girls) and Football (JHS, girls).

The sports delegation in a group shot after meeting Management of the University

Team UCC Basic School also picked up an additional trophy as the overall champion adding up to make seven the total number of trophies UCC won.

Team UG came second with three trophies, while Teams KNUST and UMaT tied for the third place with two trophies each.

The Director of the Directorate of Consular and General Services, Mrs. Alberta Yaa Graham, who led the delegation of sports participants, some teachers and authorities of the basic school, outlined these details of the competition at a brief ceremony to present the trophies to Management. 

For her part, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, who received the trophies on behalf of management, commended Team UCC participants for their staying power in the face of well-organised opponents to eventually emerge winners of the competition.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, who doffed her hat for Team UCC Basic School for making the University justly proud at the games, advised the students and their teachers against complacency and implored them not to rest on their oars. Instead, she challenged them to train harder to win the 2024 edition of the UBaSSA Games which will be held at KNUST.

Prof. Boohene assured the delegation of the support of University Management to the Basic School to bring honour to the University.

Master Peter Appiah Thompson presenting his award to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof(Mrs). Rosemond Boohene. Looking on are, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, the Registrar and Mrs Alberta Yaa Graham, Director at the Directorate of Consular and General Services.

At the ceremony,  Master Peter Appiah Thompson presented his Presidential Independence Award to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene. He received the award for his exceptional academic performance as the best male student in the Central Region in the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).  He is currently a student of Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast.

Source; Documentation and Information Section-UCC