Entries by UTS GB

Ghana U11’s and U13’s Football Tournament

Friday 29th November saw the United Through Sport under 11’s and under 13’s teams compete in a Football Tournament held at Lizzy’s Complex in East Legon, Accra. The boys were accompanied by United Through Sport staff, volunteers and special guests who cheered them on as they took on their opposition teams. To add some extra importance to […]

South Africa Netball Girls Visit UK

At this moment ten pupils from the Junior School of Excellence (JSE) program are in the UK for a sports and cultural exchange tour sponsored by touraid. The under-13 girls are taking part in netball and touch rugby tournaments and will experience some cultural activities during their time in England. The girls, along with the […]

Scholarship Awards Ceremony in Ghana

Thursday 26th September 2013 was a very special day for United Through Sport Ghana as the first ever Scholarship Awards Ceremony was held in Teshie, Accra and the very first intake of talented young football and tennis players received their Scholarships to the School of Excellence. For the last 6 months the Ghana Team have […]

The Happiest 5km on the Planet

“The happiest day of my life”! This is how Tazneem, one of our Junior School of Excellence Netball players described taking part in The Color Run, held in Port Elizabeth yesterday. Tazneem was one of 25 children and 17 volunteers from United Through Sport lucky enough to take part in the first ever Color Run […]

Tough Mudders Support United Through Sport

Last weekend saw a group of super hard United Through Sport supporters take part in Tough Mudder… a challenge involving a run through a 12 mile SAS designed course battling through mud, fire, ice-water and 10,000 volts of electricity. The event was a great way to build camaraderie and encourage team involvement, an objective central […]

Ghana School of Excellence Recruitment Day

May 2013 saw the first part of the United Through Sport Ghana recruitment programme for over 1000 aspiring young football players who were all vying for their chance to receive a prestigious scholarship at the United Through Sport School of Excellence. After weeks of scouring the country for Ghana’s budding young stars, the Ghana team […]

Scholarship Numbers Elevate in South Africa

We are pleased to report on the increasing number of scholarships we are facilitating for children in the townships to go to “former model c schools” where they get to inter-act with different races and receive top level education. Pearson High School in Port Elizabeth was the first school we built this relationship with; in […]

Our Tour Through Africa Reaches Tanzania

Ryan Jones, Rugby Programme Coordinator, gives us a quick run down of what we have been up to in Tanzania: “Firstly, before I write anything else I have to get it out of my system, Tanzania is massive!! It’s a massive country, with massive mountains, scenery, culture and will always have a ‘massive’ long-lasting place […]