2020 USSSA Ball Games 1 (Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games) – Basketball, Football (Girls), Rugby 15’s, Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Hockey
Road map:
- Qualification rounds: 6th – 31st March 2020 (All USSSA sports districts)
- Zonal qualifiers: 1st – 19th April 2020 (All zonal areas)
- National Finals: 1st – 10th May 2020 (Gulu District: St. Joseph Layibi & Sacred Heart S.S)
An overwhelming 600,000 students country-wide are expected to take part in the 2020 Uganda Secondary School Sports Association (USSSA) Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games.
These games include basketball (men and women), Rugby 15’s (men only), Tennis (men and women), Table Tennis (men and women), Hockey (men and women), Badminton (men and women) as well as Basketball (men and women).
For starters, this year’s edition was officially flagged off by the Commissioner in Charge of Physical Education, Hon. Omara Apita Lameck at a grand ceremony held at St. Mary’s Secondary School Kitende – stadium on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
Patrick Okanya, President – Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) the organizers of the games was excited about the increment of the participants from last year’s 480,000.
“This year, the games have registered an increase in participation of students from approximately Four Hundred Eighty thousand (480,000) in 2019 to approximately Six Hundred thousand (600,000) in 2020. The total number of disciplines to be competed in will remain at seven (7) as in 2019.” Okanya noted.