It was seemingly tough and a near impossibility, but in the end, the Prince Emmanuel SDA Church beat stiff competition from seven churches to emerge the overall winner of the connect 2019 Family Fun Games.

Over the weekend, scores of people throng the El-Wak sports stadium at Cantonment to catch the groove of the long publicized Accra East District SDA family fun games.

The euphoria was just astounding.

Eight churches all poised and set to outdo one another for a higher prize.

As the sun beams on the beautiful grassy El-Wak sports stadium, it was nothing but a race against time for the overall prize.

Prince Emmanuel SDA Church had a field day thus becoming the delight of the competition from the onset. They amassed the most points beat off competition from the other churches to emerge as the overall winning team.

Labone SDA Church defeated the defending champions, La-North SDA  on penalties in the football match ending their one year glorious reign as winners of the trophy last year.

The buoyant contenders from Osu, did not end there - they proved very formidable and also won the females  volley ball among others.

Garrison  SDA church dominated the males volleyball category and came third by squeezing themselves up to the best on the medal table.

The defending champions La North SDA Church could only manage a fourth place in the competition.

The kids were equally treated to numerous side attractions such as bouncy castle, face paintings, video games and cotton candy.

OSU Bethel, 37 Bandline, Day Spring, and La South SDA had it all to battle out for at the bottom of the rankings.

"Overall, the games were a huge success. We came to have fun as a family and indeed, this is just a win win situation for all the competitors, said Lesley lsrael, one of the organisers of the games."

STEWARDS, the event organisers were lauded for staging the games deemed by many as a great success.

"Next year will be mega. We're overwhelmed by the turn out and we thank all the participating Churches and especially our sponsors, said Kwaku Acheampong Aning, a lead member of the STEWARDS.

This year's event was sponsored by Decathlon, Vamela Joy, Enterprise Life, ISA (Information Security Architects), Royal Fresh Natural Mineral Water, Global Powers solution, Afriyie Electricals and The coming king school

Same time next year, the eight SDA churches in the Accra East District will regroup again for another fun fair.