In the soggy conditions upon the wet grass less Makerere main grounds, students from the prestigious school of Law, Makerere embarked on a quest to establish the class with the highest amount of talent within its ranks, with regard to employing hands, legs and body in the annual Law school sports Gala. The often packed Library Law section was as deserted as a graveyard.
The stands at the pitch were littered with 1st years, 2nd years , 3rd years and fourth years. Spirits were light and a certain aura of solidarity lingered in the air. Radiant female faces gleamed and glowed at the racing male bodies. Business got underway at 9am with the Fourth years trashing the hapless second years 3 goals to anhahaha (zero).
Third years captained by Deus Mugabe Lord Denning put four goals down the throat of seemingly clueless first years with the guild transport Minister Ahumuza Jerry scoring a brace. The soggy pitch meant the white jerseys would soon borrow the shade of roadside water with all the tackling and gritty diving. The event organised by the Makerere Law Society Sports Minister; the versatile Irene Deborah Nnanyonjo was hugely successful. There were trophies to be won and a goat to the overall winner.
The soccer finals got to a good start with the law school ‘Mollis’ George Mukula William curling a beauty over the 3rd year wall leaving the keeper bamboozled in the same spot.
The event however got to a nasty twist after the third years equalised. Ahumuza Jerry Lewandowski neatly placing the ball in the far left post after leaving a trail of shocked fourth year defenders in his wake. The goal scorer and ex guild president contestant placed all senses in his socks and jumped into the air in what was supposed to be a flying kick, the kick landed in the ribcage of the linesman only identified as Simon, a third year FEMA student.
There was shoving and pushing and the proverbial brainy chaps refused to make use of their brains in preference to their muscles. A few blows were thrown while 3rd years endeavoured to protect the linesman from the unbridled hungry wolf that Mukula had become.
At the basketball court, second years and fourth years equally threw caution to the wind and clenched fists in the resolution of their grievances. 2nd years beat fourth years to book a place in the finals with the 3rd years who punished the freshmen. A bystander remarked whether their lawyers wouldn’t fold their sleeves in court in the absence of consensus on the law applicable.
The blunt manifestation of brutality was contrary to the assertion that the pitch was holding the highest concentration of rich grey matter per square metre. The third years meant business. Cleanly sweeping past the second years in a hotly contested basketball game.
The tall men’s game was riddled with moments of brilliance in the form of a 3rd only identified as Banana routinely dropping balls through the loops amidst groans from 2nd years. The team captained by Akampurira Timothy was quite a force to reckon with winning 45-28. The third years easily won in the volleyball challenge beating all competitors.
The soccer finals ended in spot kicks after a one all draw. Fourth years only managed to convert two of their sport kicks with the 3rd years converting all theirs. Law kids soldiered on through the rain and only paused to raid bananas and plastic soda bottles. Counsel cheared teams and surprisingly jointly booed when a certain ‘bonga ‘ song was played citing political neutrality.
The mc of the day kept the crowd on its feet cracking jokes alongside his co – emcee the Law school Anita Fabiola (Namugambe Sylvia, LLB3) who chose to offer Luganda commentary of the games. The event continued into the evening before students retired in bid to prepare for the night affairs which included but were not limited to a Night Porridge e Party, Goat roasting and the much cherished beer Keg emptying routine chaired by the Makerere Law society president, Edwin Mugumya.
All photos by Zahra Abdul
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