Hearts lift King Tackie Tawiah Cup
Noshie, Suzie win Peugeot golf
Republic Day walk held in Accra
Labone Secondary School wins volleyball gala
Accra (Greater Accra) 02 July 2002 - The Professional League Board (PLB) in consultation with the Ghana Football Association and GHALCA has decided to postpone the commencement of the second round of the Premier League from 7 July 2002 to the 21st of the same month.
In a statement signed by the Vice-Chairman of the Board, Mr K. Abrah-Appiah, it said a review of the just ended first round matches brought out certain compelling reasons for the action. According to the statement, the PLB’s committee to probe ticket deals at league centres and initial responses and cooperation from the public have been so overwhelming that the committee cannot complete in-depth investigations, that can help check this fraud which is of great concern to all, within one week.
The second reason the statement gave was Real Tamale United’s (RTU) request that they come back to Tamale for the second round. It said the initial change of the Tamale venue was at the instance of the Northern Regional Council and the matter has been referred to the Northern Regional Security Committee (REGSEC) and they would need time to assess the security situation before responding.
Then there is the issue of the fenced wall of Sekondi Gyandu Park, which collapsed and has to be repaired to raise the needed revenue for Hasaacas and the Municipal Assembly.
The statement further said that in order not to disturb the league unnecessarily, the Black Stars, now in camp, will have the opportunity to be assessed by the new coach “within this period for him to have uninterrupted training programmes for effective team-building.
“The Professional League Board in attempt to inject discipline into the league imposed fines on some clubs to be settled within 21 days. Most of the affected clubs have appealed for time to pay the fine. The resumption of the league before the 21-day ultimatum would have dire consequences on the clubs”, it said.
The statement also explained that, “to have a smooth second round, there is the urgent need to have a consultative meeting on Player Status and Transfer before 15 July, to beat FIFA’s deadline on the new amendments to Article 5.2 of the Regulations which comes into effect on 1 September 2002. “The PLB has also asked the Disciplinary Committee, Appeals Committee, Referees and Player Status Committees to determine all cases referred to them before the second round resumes,” it added.
In the light of the postponement, there will be two mid-week matches when the league resumes on 21 July and by 22 August the 2002 league will run its normal course as in the fixtures already released. The PLB assured all stakeholders in football that it would tirelessly pursue programmes and policies that would bring sanity into the game of football.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 02 July 2002 - Champion club Accra Hearts of Oak lifted the King Tackie Tawiah Centenary trophy on Sunday after they ambushed city rivals Great Olympics by a alone goal at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Substitute Wisdom Abbey scored the lone goal in the 87th minute, barely 10 minutes after the organisers had announced that the match would be replayed on Tuesday if no winner emerged after the 90th minute.
Angered by that announcement, some soccer fans begun to walk out of the stadium alleging that the match had been "fixed" to enable the organisers make some extra money during the replay. Then suddenly, Abbey popped up to deliver an overhead kick from Bernard Don Bortey's header in the penalty area. The stadium erupted with deafening shouts of joy as the Phobian fans welcomed the club's first trophy of the year.
Until the goal, countless chances had been wasted from either side with very little creativity from players. Hearts played without their inspirational Charles Taylor and some few key players while Olympics missed the services of Amui Quaye.
Bortey's deceptive left footed curler in the 40th minute, which was tipped to corner by goalkeeper Theodore Atsu and another pile driver in the 62nd minute were the most outstanding attempts at goal in the entire 90 minutes of play. Olympics diminutive Joe Tagoe was the most exciting player on the pitch as he split open the Hearts defence, but unfortunately his colleagues could not connect.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 02 July 2002 - Kamal Noshie and Suzie Abaloo qualified to represent Ghana in the finals of the Magical Setting Disneyland golf competition scheduled for Paris in October this year when they won the annual Peugeot Challenge Golf competition played at the Achimota Golf Course on Sunday.
Noshie returned 141 net to win the Men's event while Suzie, winner of last year's competition, won the Ladies category with 142 net. Ebenezer Teye Mensah took the second position with 143 net while Albert Brock came third with 143 net losing on a count-back to Mensah. Elizabeth Essel-Koomson placed second in the Ladies category with 145 net while Adelaide Owusu-ADjapong took the third position with 146 net.
The two-day competition, which was opened to amateur golfers throughout the country, attracted over 150 participants and was jointly sponsored by Prestige Motor Company Limited and Lufthansa German Airlines.
Mr Edward Osei Kwaku, Minister of Youth and Sports, said the Ministry would do everything possible to ensure that the lesser-known sports attracted equal attention as football. He called on the executives of the Ghana Golf Association to strive in a more meaningful way to unearth talents in the youth.
Mr Nick Adi-Dako, Managing Director of Prestige Motor Company Limited said the company, apart from giving material support for the development of golf and other lesser-known sports, would also have programmes to enhance the technical competency development and the capacity building of the youth.
Mr Sammy Adetola, Vice Captain of the Achimota Golf Club, praised the companies for their sponsorship and called on other institutions and corporate bodies to help develop sports in the country.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 02 July 2002 - Dr Jane Ansah, a Medical Officer at the Military Hospital in Accra, has called on the youth to abstain from indiscriminate sex to avoid AIDS.
She was speaking at the end of the Third Annual Republic Day Walk in Accra at the weekend. The 17-kilometre Walk for about 34 Keep Fit clubs in the Greater Accra Region was organised by the El-Wak Keep Fit Club and jointly sponsored by Beverage International and Voltic Ghana Limited under the theme:" Walk AIDS Out."
Dr Ansah said since 1987, when the disease was first reported in the country, it had reached its peak and urge Ghanaians especially the youth to change their sexual habit so that "the country's future leaders would not be swallowed by the disease in the next few years".
She called on the public not to stigmatise those with the disease and said "we should rather love them and show tender care for them so that they can live a happy life." Mr J.K. Aduakwah, Chairman of the Mass Sports programme called on members of Keep Fit clubs to take their training and lessons seriously to remain healthy at all times.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 02 July 2002 - Labone Secondary School (LABOSCO) defeated Accra Girls Vocational Institute (AGIVOC) 3-1 to win the maiden Kwamerk Volleyball Gala Championship in Accra on Friday.
LABOSCO, champions of the Government Assisted Secondary Schools in the Greater Accra Region, eliminated Providence Business Academy (PROBISCO) 2-0 while AGIVOC; champions of the Non-Assisted Secondary Schools beat National Technical College (NATECO) 2-0 to reach the finals. NATECO beat PROBISCO 2-0 to take the third position.
The one-day competition was organised by AGIVOC, was sponsored by Kwamerk Company Limited. Miss Edna Boafo, Principal of AGIVOC said the school organised the competition to unearth talents for the nation. She said the school had produced several national and international stars in volleyball, handball, athletics, basketball, tennis, netball and tae-kwon-do.
Miss Boafo said five students of the school were in the Black Queens women football team, which participated in the World Cup in USA in 1999. She thanked the company for the sponsorship and called on other organisations to support for youth sports to unearth more talents.
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