Dfcu bank was on Sunday crowned the overall winners of this year’s bankers sport gala organized by the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services together with the Uganda Bankers Association at the MTN Arena in Lugogo.
The 23rd edition of the gala that attracted over 15000 participants saw bankers take part in athletics, football, basketball, golf, volley ball and climaxed on Sunday with indoor games.
Dfcu was crowned the overall winners with Diamond Trust Bank and Finance Trust Bank coming second and third respectively.
In quiz, Dfcu bank, FINCA, and GT bank triumphed in first, second and third positions respectively, whereas in the 100m in the men’s category, Centenary bank, Dfcu and NCBA bank were the first, second, and third respectively while in the women’s category, Centenary bank, Bank of Africa and DTB triumphed.
In the men’s relays, Centenary bank, Dfcu, and NCBA bank were winners whereas in the women’s category Centenary bank DTB and Housing Finance Bank were overall winners and in football, Post bank, DTB and Centenary bank were the winners.
In basketball, I & M bank, DTB and Centenary bank triumphed and in the tug of war, DTB, Finance Trust Bank and Stanbic bank triumphed.
Goretti Masadde, the CEO Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial services said the sports gala has been a success with a lot of competition, exercising, networking and supporting of competitor banks.
“This year has been a great improvement from the previous year. We have seen banks evaluate themselves saying they need to recruit young people while others need to be intentional and have their start go through continuous training. We have also had proposals of organizing games spread out for a period of three months,” Masadde said.
She said the gala has created cohesion among bankers from different financial institutions around the country.
“We have also seen a lot of women participate in the games which means there is inclusiveness. Some games which are predominantly women, we insisted there is a certain number of women participating.”
