The Ghana College Sports activities Affiliation has efficiently concluded its ninth Mini GUSA Video games held on the Accra College of Skilled Sciences (UPSA) with the College of Cape Coast (UCC) rising because the college with the perfect general efficiency.
The competitors, which was held from Might 5 to Might 15, 2026, introduced collectively student-athletes from universities throughout Ghana to compete in soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, monitor and area, and different disciplines with the theme “Integrating College Sports activities and Educational Professionalism.”
The occasion was held beneath the particular patronage of UPSA Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mautoor.
Collaborating establishments embody Kwame Nkrumah College of Science and Expertise (KNUST), College of Training Winneba (UEW), College of Mines and Expertise (UMaT), College of Growth Research (UDS), College of Vitality and Pure Assets (UENR), Ghana College of Communication Expertise (GCTU), College of Well being and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ghana Institute of Administration and Public Administration (GIMPA), and College of Media Arts (GIMPA). Communications (UniMAC), and some others.
On the finish of the competitors, UCC had gained 21 gold medals, 18 silver medals, and 11 bronze medals, making them the chief in medals with a complete of fifty medals. KNUST took second place with 39 medals and UEW took third place with a complete of 47 medals.
UEW gained the gold medal within the soccer class, dominating the soccer competitors, and in addition got here first within the males’s monitor and area class. Nonetheless, UCC excelled in a number of areas, together with desk tennis, tennis, badminton, ladies’s monitor and area, ladies’s volleyball, and males’s basketball.
Talking on the closing ceremony, GUSA President Shaibu Ibrahim Tanko praised the UPSA for efficiently internet hosting the match and praised the dedication and sportsmanship of the athletes.
Based on him, the competitors was not solely about profitable medals and trophies, but in addition selling unity, self-discipline, management and nationwide integration amongst college students.
He additional praised the UPSA administration, employees and college students for his or her hospitality and dedication all through the match.
In an interview on the sidelines of the occasion, Tanko defined that the mini-GUSA Video games had been deliberate following the postponement of the principle GUSA Video games, which was scheduled to be hosted by UEW.
“Mini GUSA is often a interval used to pick athletes to take part in worldwide competitions such because the FISU Video games. Sadly, UEW, which was scheduled to host the GUSA Video games this 12 months, has postponed it to January subsequent 12 months,” he defined.
He added that video games are crucial for student-athletes to remain lively and aggressive all through the varsity 12 months.
“We did not need our college students to go all 12 months with out enjoying sports activities. You could possibly inform they had been excited. They had been comfortable to have the ability to play video games,” he stated.
Tanko additionally highlighted funding and insufficient sports activities infrastructure as main challenges dealing with college sports activities in Ghana, particularly racquet sports activities similar to badminton and desk tennis.
“Sports activities are very costly, so if you are going to play sports activities, you actually need funding,” he stated, calling on the federal government and different stakeholders to speculate extra in sports activities infrastructure and athlete growth.
He famous that organizers are struggling to safe sufficient competitors house through the Video games, and burdened the necessity for extra amenities to assist sports activities similar to badminton and desk tennis.
Medals had been awarded to winners in varied fields, and trophies had been awarded to the college that positioned first general. As general winners, UCC acquired an enormous trophy in recognition of their excellent efficiency.
