Presec-Legon Chess Team To Represent Ghana At World Schools Championships In Kazakhstan

• Four students of the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School, Legon, are representing Ghana at the first World Schools Championships
• The inaugural world competition will be held in Kazakhstan from August 3–8, 2023, with over 400 participants contesting
• The President of the Ghana Chess Association, Philip Ameku, who is also an Old Presecan led the Ghanaian delegation

Ghana will be represented at the inaugural World Schools Championships, which will take place in Kazakhstan from August 3–8, 2023, by the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School, Legon, Chess team.

The International Chess Federation is in charge of organising the championship, which is limited to school children who enjoy the game and do not belong to chess clubs.

The event is anticipated to draw 400 participants in total from more than 50 nations.

The four contestants from Presec-Legon are Emmanuel Frimpong, Boye Ivan Nii Lartey, Amoani Antwi Charles, and Malm Jones Nii Kojo.

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The delegation is led by the President of the Ghana Chess Association, Philip Ameku, who is also an Old Presecan.

Presec-Legon wins The Sharks Quiz 2023

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Presec-Legon won The Sharks Quiz 2023 contest after they defeated Adisadel College in the final.

A video of the moment the boys lifted the trophy surfaced on social media.

The Odadeɛ Boys won with 145 points against Adisco's 60. The school received GH¢20,000 and gold medals for the contestants.

Presec-Legon old student Benjamin Darko who scored 5As worked as a fuel attendant

Meanwhile, a former student of Presec-Legon, Benjamin Darko, who completed school in 2021 with 5As and 3Bs, was working as a fuel attendant.

His dream to become a medical doctor or a biotechnologist seemed shattered due to financial constraints.

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Benjamin later got a scholarship from the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) to study Chemical Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Source: YEN.com.gh