This year’s Annual Primary School Swimming Gala was held on Friday 11th October 2019.
This annual event is a competition staged between 6 houses namely; Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, and Yellow, for both boys and girls. It is aimed at showcasing the best swimmer in the school from pupils of Nursery who are 4 years old to Primary seven pupils who are 12 years of age.
The Nursery to P.2 competition was held from 8:00am to 10:30am. The Guest of Honor for this session was Ms. Nassuna Rebecca Irene who is a parent in the School and very supportive when it comes to swimming. She thanked the parents who were in attendance and encouraged all the swimmers to keep up the good work they are doing.
In the afternoon, the next session beginning at 1:30pm was the P.3 to P.6 pupils’ competition which was graced by the presence of Mr. George Kayigwa who is the Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Administration at the Uganda National Council of Sports as the Guest of honor. Mr. George in his speech enlightened his audience to the many opportunities Sports can open one to.
The outstanding swimmers of the day who were awarded trophies were:-
Class |
Name |
Nursery |
Opolot Jowella |
Pre-primary |
Ntabazi Shuga |
Primary One |
Aisha Nansamba |
Primary Two |
Yeta Magoola |
Primary Three |
Karuhanga Elisha |
Primary Four |
Opolot Joan |
Primary Five |
Nabukenya Bilquis |
Primary Six |
Bageya George |
The house results of the gala were as below:-
|
BLUE |
GREEN |
ORANGE |
PURPLE |
RED |
YELLOW |
NURSERY TO P.2 |
217 |
184 |
237 |
261 |
249 |
267 |
P.3- P. 6 |
476 |
424 |
597 |
563 |
527 |
443 |
OVERALL |
693 |
608 |
836 |
824 |
776 |
710 |
In the Nursery to P.2 category, Yellow emerged the best with 267 points while, in the P.3- P.6 category, Orange house emerged the best with 597. The overall winner of this year’s Annual Gala was Orange house with a total of 836 points.
We would like to thank all the participants of the day; you are all winners. To all the parents who were in attendance and our sponsors, Miss Irene Nassuna, Henhar Services Uganda, Pepsi Cola Uganda, Sam’s Burger, and Britannia Allied Uganda, thank you for making this event very successful.