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\u00a0The victorious Augusco team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St.\nAugustine\u2019s College from Cape Coast has won the 2019 National Science and\nMathematics Quiz (NSMQ) competition after a 12-year drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nadds to the trophy they won i"},"modified":"2019-07-12T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:00:03","slug":"augusco-wins-2019-nsmq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/12\/augusco-wins-2019-nsmq\/","title":{"rendered":"Augusco Wins 2019 NSMQ –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0The victorious Augusco team<\/strong><\/p>\n

St.
\nAugustine\u2019s College from Cape Coast has won the 2019 National Science and
\nMathematics Quiz (NSMQ) competition after a 12-year drought.<\/p>\n

This
\nadds to the trophy they won in 2007, putting them at par with the likes of
\nAchimota School, Mfantsipim School and Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS) on
\ntwo trophies each.<\/p>\n

The
\nAugusco boys, as they are popularly called, scored a total of 39 points to beat
\ntwo other strong contenders \u2013 both serial winners \u2013 after five rounds moderated
\nby Dr. Esi Kauffman, the Quiz Mistress.<\/p>\n

Presbyterian
\nBoys Senior High School (Presec) in Accra was second with 36 points, while St.
\nPeter\u2019s Senior High School (Persco) from Nkwatia-Kwahu had 25 points.<\/p>\n

St.
\nAugustine\u2019s College, in addition to having the bragging right and a trophy for
\na year, was awarded with GH\u00a240,000, while the contestants and teachers got
\nGH\u00a220,000 each.<\/p>\n

Augusco
\nteam coordinator Isaac Adomako said they were in for the finals, \u201cknowing that
\nwe have to beat any opponent that comes our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe
\nhave not won many trophies because we haven\u2019t been doing some things right, but
\nwe have learnt our lessons coming into the finals. Hard work has been our
\nsecret weapon and we knew that we will be the victors by God\u2019s
\ngrace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

First
\nrunner-up, Presec, that has won the contest five times, received GH\u00a230,000,
\nwhile the teachers and contestants got GH\u00a217,000 each. <\/p>\n

Reigning
\nchampions, St. Peters Senior High School, was awarded GH\u00a220,000 for its effort,
\nwhile the students and teachers got GH\u00a215,000 each as well. <\/p>\n

The Journey<\/strong><\/p>\n

After
\nmonths of preparation, weeks of nail-biting contests and renewal of academic
\nrivalries, it all came down to the big event yesterday at the National Theatre
\nin Accra.<\/p>\n

All
\nthe three schools displayed a variety of skills and formidability in their
\njourney to the final.<\/p>\n

Only
\nSt Augustine\u2019s came from the qualifiers to reach this stage. Presec-Legon and
\nSt Peter\u2019s were seeded from the 2018 competition because they reached the
\nquarter-final.<\/p>\n

They approached questions bordering on any sphere of life with the same dexterity and brilliance with which they answered the complex science and maths questions during the quiz.<\/p>\n

By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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