59th Volta South Zone inter-school sports festival opens   

 The Southern Zone category of Senior High Schools in the Volta Region is hosting the 59th annual sports festival that opened over the weekend. 

The Inter-school and College Sports Festival forms part of the co-curricular activities designed for all second-circle schools in Ghana to raise formidable teams to compete at the Volta Regional inter-zonal and national sports festivals later this year. 

Mr Simon Feyu, Zonal Secretary, disclosed to the GNA Sports that participating schools have prepared adequately for the event.  

“Our students have been training for the past weeks and this is the time for them to show their sporting prowess.”  

He called on the general public to come out in their numbers to support their favourite schools and athletes in a very peaceful manner devoid of hooliganism and violence.  

The opening ceremony for the seven days event to be co-hosted by Anlo Senior High School (Anseco) and Zion College (Zico) at Anloga, was held yesterday.

A total of 10 second-circle schools from Anloga and Keta Municipality made up the South Zone category.  

The schools are, Anseco, Zico, Keta Senior High Technical School (Ketasco), Keta Business College (Ketabusco), Abor Senior High School (Aborsco), and Anlo Awoamefia SHS (Anyasco) at Anyako.  

The rest include Tsiame Senior High School (Tsiamesco), Atiavi Senior High School (Atiasec), Anlo-Afiadenyigba SHS, and Volta Senior High School (Voltasco). 

The athletes are competing in various disciplines including soccer, volleyball, basketball, handball, table tennis, and netball.  

Track events such as relays, sprints, and marathons with field events such as long jump, triple jump, and javelin throw, and shot putt, among others would be competed among both male and female categories.  

Keta Senior High Technical School emerged as the champions during the 2023 event with Keta Business College and Zico emerging second and third respectively.  -GNA