The Deputy Principal of the Hotel and Tourism Training College (HTTC), Moses Kaneene, has urged students and youth to embrace sports for holistic development.
Mr Kaneene was addressing HTTC students and ecstatic sports lovers who stormed the Makerere University Business School Sports Grounds for the college’s annual Inter-Course Athletics Championships, 2026 edition.
“Sport instills discipline and teamwork. You cannot be a good sports person when you do not have discipline,” Mr Kaneene said.
He said he was enthused by the energy and zeal students displayed during the competitions and urged them to use the same energy in their academic endeavors.
In a fantastic display of skill and passion, HTTC students representing their various courses put up a grand performance that sent chills down the spines of hundreds of students and spectators who turned up for the glamorous event.
This was no ordinary athletics meet. It was the 2026 Inter-Course Athletics Championship, where pride, passion, and perseverance collided, with students pursuing Tourism emerging victorious.
Known more for their expertise in travel planning and cultural hospitality than for sprinting on tracks or leaping across sand pits, the tourism students carried quiet determination rather than loud expectations. But beneath their calm exterior was a hunger no one had fully noticed.
The individual performances of Godfrey Mutebe (best male athlete) and Judith Akwasi (best female athlete) left everybody, including seasoned athletes, amazed.
But the victory of the Tourism students against Hotel Management, Pastry and Bakery, and Culinary Arts students meant more than just a trophy. It was proof that discipline, teamwork, and belief could rewrite any narrative.
The students who spent their days studying destinations had carved out their own unforgettable journey—one defined not by where they traveled, but by how far they pushed themselves to get there.
And as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting golden light across the jubilant crowd, one thing was certain: the 2026 championship would be remembered not just for the competition, but for the triumph of spirit.
