The annual All Gambian High Schools Reunion is set to take place this coming weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The annual event which brings alumni from different Gambian high schools together for the weekend is geared to raise funds to assist their various high schools.
In an encounter with our correspondent, the coordinator for the organizers, Yama Njie said the event is a special one to the group.
“Not only do we come together to celebrate our friendship and unique rivalries, it is also an event put together to raise funds to assist in projects in our different schools of the yesteryears,” she said.
She added that they work year round to put the event together while maintaining that the response from the Gambian community in the Diaspora has been quite encouraging.
The event kicks off on Friday with a joint collaboration event with the Atlanta Gambian Emergency Relief Association (AGERA ) with a graduation ceremony celebrating all the Gambian that graduated this year.
On Saturday the Fr. Joseph Gough Memeorial inter schools football tournament will be played and the finals slated for Sunday together with an Inter Schools Track and Field championship. The children too are catered for with their own track and field competition. A gala night takes place on Saturday also.
Last year. St Augustine’s and St Joseph’s high schools swept the medals board and capturing the football and rounders trophies.
The Secretary General Alagie Mamour Njie told our reporter last year’s sweep by the SAINTS left a sour taste in their mouths and Gambia High School is out for revenge. He did not stop short of accusing the Blue and Whites for their “win at all cost reputation.”
“Sadly they brought it across the Ocean,” he added
The three day event will also honor the late Honorable Justice Solomon Njie with Eric H Christensen Memorial Award in recognition of his commitment and contribution to Legal Jurisprudence and as a teacher.
