GRi Sports 23 - 04 - 2003
Faisal has championship potential
Dwarfs supporters donate to club
Hearts to provide bus service for soccer fans
Kotoko Circle 80 gives to Westphalian Village
P.D. Quartey Seniors golf on Sunday
Faisal has championship potential
Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 23 April 2003 - Coach Ralf Zumdick Christopher
Benard, has disclosed that he is in Kumasi for the second time this time
briefly to help King Faisal F/C through the efforts of his good friend, Herbert
Kwabena Amponsah Mensah.
He said he would hold further talks with the management of King Faisal
F/C after his stay with the club if there was the need to sign a long contract
with them. In an interview with the Times Sports, coach Zumdick noted that he
is faced with the task of polishing the rough edges of King Faisal and to put
them on the right course in the 2003 Premier League.
The team has potential players and the boys are willing to learn.
“Seriously speaking, after playing Obuasi Goldfields at Len Clay Stadium, it
was there that I got to know that I have a lot of work to do by putting the
players in a better shape, improve their ball control, shooting and some other
football tactics,” the coach said.
He explained further that the management of King Faisal led by Alhaji
Grunsah and other technical staff got on well with him, adding that he is not
here to challenge any team, “only work as a professional coach, period.”
Touching on Kotoko’s performance during the LG Top 4 tournament, coach
Zumdick praised the team for beating Hearts of Oak on its way to winning the
trophy. “This indicates that Kotoko will be a team to watch during the 2003
premier league,” he noted.
The coach also praised Herbert Mensah for his sense of professionalism,
“but it is quite unfortunate that people do not seem to understand him.”
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Dwarfs supporters donate to club
Cape Coast (Central
Region) 23 April 2003 - The Supporters Union of Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs on
Monday presented food items worth two million cedis to the team at a ceremony
at Cape Coast.
The items included
rice, flour, tuna, Milo, sugar, margarine, milk, mineral waters and toilet
rolls. Making the presentation, Mr Twintoh Walker, spokesman for the supporters
said the union would give the team two million cedis and a cow it they
qualified for premier division.
He said the items
were to motivate the team to play above themselves in order to qualify for the
premier division. Frank Mensah, captain of the club who received the items on
behalf of the team thanked the union for its kind gesture and hoped it would
enable them to perform creditably to meet the expectations of the donors and
all lovers of the club.
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Hearts to provide bus service for soccer fans
Accra (Greater Accra)
23 April 2003 - Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club would on Sunday, April 27,
provide a bus service for soccer fans who are interested in watching the Clubs
second leg match against A.S. Duanne of Togo in Lome.
A statement signed by
Ashford Tettey-Oku, said the arrangements is aimed at ensuring massive support
for the club in the match. According to the statement, the bus service would be
at a highly subsidised cost of ˘30,000 for the round trip to Lome.
The statement said
fans desirous of being part of the trip should register and pay at the clubs
secretariat. The registration closes at mid-day on Thursday 24 April. The buses
are expected to depart from the Independence Square at 7:00 am and return
immediately after the match.
The statement however
reminded fans that they would be responsible for their own gate fees of CFA
1000 as the minimum; which is less than ˘14,000. It would be recalled that
Hearts managed a slim win over their Togolese counterparts, AS Douane in the
first leg encounter at the Accra Sports Stadium two weeks ago.
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Kotoko Circle 80 gives to Westphalian Village
Oyoko (Ashanti
Region) 23 April 2003 - The Ahwiaa branch of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko
Supporters Union (Circle 80), has donated 15 pieces of student's mattress, a
box of key soap and one-and-half bags of rice worth ˘1.3m to the Westphalian
Children's Village at Oyoko in the Sekyere East district of Ashanti. The
supporters also presented 200,000 cedis cash to the inmates.
Presenting the items
on Tuesday, Nana Kofi Karikari, chairman of the Circle, said the donation
formed part of the supporters social responsibilities to assist the less
fortunate ones in the society. He said the circle would continue to assist the Village
from time to time and pledge to market the Village to other sporting
organisations to enable them assist them.
Benjamin Konadu,
Supervisor of the Village, who received the items, commended the supporters for
the gesture, which he said, was the first to be made by supporters of a
football club.
He said the Village
needed a lot of support both in kind and in cash to enhance their activities
and appealed to the supporters to canvass for more support to the village to
enable other organisations to assist it to provide quality service to the
children. Konadu said most of the organisations who used to assist the village
regularly have now stopped and urged philanthropist organisations to come to
their aid.
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P.D. Quartey Seniors golf on Sunday
Accra (Greater Accra)
23 April 2003 - The Annual P.D. Quartey Memorial Seniors Golf Championship tees
off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Sunday 27 April.
Samuel Adetola,
captain and spokesman for the Achimota Golf Club who announced this in Accra on
Monday, said the one-day 18-hole stableford competition, which opens to senior
golfers aged 55 years and above, is being sponsored by Dr Sydney Quartey,
President of the Achimota Golf Club and younger brother of the late Mr Quartey.
About 100 golfers
from Achimota, Tema, Celebrity and Bok Nam Kim golf clubs, are expected to vie
for the magnificent trophy, donated by Dr Quartey and his family. Among the
golfers who will be battling each other for the trophy from Achimota are Nana
Wereko Ampem, Mike Ezan, Professor Michael Ben-George, J.F. Sam, Sammy Adetola
and Kofi Acquaah-Harrison.
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Henaku wins Ghana Open golf
Tema (Greater Accra)
23 April 2003 - Eric Henaku scored 222 gross to win the 71st Annual
Ghana Amateurs Open Golf Championship, which ended at the Tema Country Golf
Course on Sunday.
The second position
went to K. Korsah with 225 gross, Robert Allotey was third with 226 gross,
Pierrre Cousey came fourth with 227 gross while Owusu Ansah placed fifth with
228 gross. Grace Komladzei won the Ladies category with 242 gross, Valentina
Manteaw was second with 249 gross, Mona Captan took the third position with 252
gross while Mary Asafu-Adjaye came fourth with 256 gross.
In the Handicap
event, Edem Atiase was first with 206 net; Sammy Adetola was second with 240
net while William Otoo placed third with 233 net. Florence Etwi-Barima was
first in the Ladies Handicap with 220 net, Adelaide Owusu-Adjapong was second
with 223 gross, while Nora Opoku was third with 224 net.
The Juniors category
was won by Van Derr Zeeuw with 181 net, Kwesi Otoo was second with 186 net
while E. Nkansah placed third with 199 net. The three-day 36-hole Scratch event
opened to amateur golfers throughout the country was sponsored by Silver Star
Auto Limited.
Professor Michael
Ben-George, President of the Ghana Golf Association expressed his appreciation
to the company for their contribution towards the development of the sport for
the past seven years.
He said the
association would do everything possible to ensure that the professionals
participate in next year's event. Nouhad Kalmoni, Managing Director of Silver
Star Auto Limited promised that his company would sponsor the event next year.
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