Nkrumah House wins Inter Houses Athletics Competition

Bole (N/R), March 5, GNA - Nkrumah House bagged 310 points to emerge
overall winners of the 28th Annual Inter Houses Athletics Competition
of the Bole Secondary School on Sunday.
Jakpa House followed at the second position with 281 points,
Aggrey House came third with 256 points with Mackbranneth House fourth
with 237 points.
Nkrumah House was also declared winners of the Boys' Athletic
competition when they bagged 186 points followed by Aggrey House with
158 points, Mackbranneth House with 128 points and Jakpa House with
122 points.
In the Girls Division, Aggrey House gathered 198 to emerge winners
of the two-day competition followed by Jakpa House with 159 points,
Nkrumah House came third with 121 points and Mackbranneth House with
109 points.The Boys soccer trophy was also annexed by Nkrumah House
whilst Jakpa House won the Girls event.
The Boys Volleyball trophy was won by Mackkbranneth House whilst
that of the Girls went to Jakpa House.
Aggrey House pulled the Cross Country Boys trophy, whilst Nkrumah
House also received that of the Girls Athletics Championship.
The Girls Athletic trophy went to Jakpa Gouse while the trophy for
the well behaved House for Boys went to Aggrey House and the best
Girl's sward going to Miss Abulai Memunatu of Jakpa House.
The Bole District Chief Executive, Madam Elizabeth Salamatu Forgor
in an address said that the physical being of human beings in sporting
activities was a necessary ingredient that propelled the strength,
capability and beauty the Greeks who were the first to consider
sports as a weapon to develop their socio-economic development.
She said it is gratifying that sports has been made a key
components of the school curriculum which is aimed at developing the
healthy mind of the students to help them explore their hidden
potentials.
This, she said would lead to discipline and a positive mind which
also guides one in his development.
Madam Forgor assured the school that Government was committed in
creating conducive environment for all educational activities
including teaching, learning and sports.
She disclosed that the school has been included in the second
phase of the upgrading of Secondary School programme adding that
construction of an administrative block, a laboratory and Computer
centre would soon begin.
All the classrooms, dormitories, staff quarters and other
existing infrastructure of the school would be massively
rehabilitated, she added.
The Headmaster of the school, Mr Daniel Kpebu appealed to the
Assembly to rehabilitate the science resource bus, which broke down
for over eight months now and appealed for financial support to enable
the school prepare adequately for the Regional Science Competition.
Mr Kpebu said that the Girls volleyball team which won the trophy
for the recent Milo Volleyball competition was to represent the
Northern Region at the National Milo championship competition
scheduled for Sunyani in May, this year.
He appealed to both parents, the Board of Governors of the School
and other education stakeholders to help smoke out the menace of wee
smoking syndicate in the school.
05 March 07