Standard of refereeing to improve next year
Accra (Greater Accra) 06 December 2001 - The Sports Ministry has crafted a blueprint that would complement the work of all sporting associations and guide them pull Ghana sports out of the gloom in which it has been buried for quite some time now.
Inaugurating the re-constituted national sports associations' boards in Accra on Thursday, Mr Edward Osei-Kwaku, Minister of Youth and Sports said the paper would take into consideration the development of key areas relevant to the development of all sporting disciplines.
"We would like to see plans from the associations which would outline scientific methods of selecting and training of talents whiles at the same time showing where appropriate facilities, equipment and personnel could be obtained."
He tasked members of the reconstituted boards to bring to the fore plans that would clearly specify goals they intend to achieve in the short, medium and long terms and how to attract the needed resources to implement them.
Mr Osei-Kwaku said performance indicators should be put in place to ensure that they are on course adding, "Performance can only improve if it follows a well laid down plan that is based on sound analysis".
He reminded members that serving on sports associations is a sacrificial job and that their only reward might be in the satisfaction they get when their athletes succeed and the national anthem of Ghana is played at international competitions.
The Minister said the present state of Ghana sports makes the task of the new members very challenging because of the lack of resources to meet the high expectations of Ghanaians.
He concluded that even though the situation might look gloomy, the ministry has faith since it is gradually assembling the calibre of people who are capable of turning the situation from a state of despondency to that of hopefulness.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 06 December 2001 - The standings in the goalking chart at the end of the 2001 Star Premier League. Ishmael Addo banged in 22 goals to equal former Bofoakwa star, Dan Owusu’s record as three-consecutive time goalking, set in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
22 - Ishmael Addo (Hearts)
16 - Awudu Adama (Dawu)
11 - Nana Arhin-Duah (Goldfields)
10 - Issah Mohamnmed (Hasaacas) Isaac Boakye (Goldfields)
9 - Godwin Ablordey (Kotoko) Asamoah Dzifa (Maxbees) Ablade Morgan
(Liberty)
8 - Frank Turkson (Hasaacas) Hamza Mohammed (RTU) Joe Agyeman (King
Faisal)
7 - Nana Frimpong (Kotoko) Osei Kuffour, Emmanuel Donkor (Hearts) J.B.
Danquah (Olympics) Baba Sulley (Dawu) Alfred Nii Larbi (Okwawu) Joseph
Adjei (RTU) Frank Osei (King Faisal)
6 - Adzagba Komi (RTU)
5 - Robert Amoaku (Goldfields) Sulemana Bentil (Kaebibirem) Charles Taylor
(Hearts) Ernest Boateng (Okwawu) Eric Mbroh (Dawu) Awudu Alhassan
(Adansiman) Amui Quaye (Ghapoha) Shila Alhassan (Kotoko) Ebo Mensah
(Hasaacas) David Boateng (Liberty)
4 - Abass Iddrisu (RTU) Joe Okyere (Kotoko) Albert Neequaye, Albert Batsa,
Moses Tetteh (Liberty) Hope Leveh (Adansiman) Ben Kusi (Bofoakwa) Ellis
Opoku (Kaebibirem) David Larkotey (Olympics) Aminu Musah (Goldfieds)
3 - Kofi Debrah, Ernest Papa Arko (Liberty) Kwaku Asare, Osei Kofi (Adansiman)
Eric Gawu (King Faisal) Baffour Gyimah, John Kudjoe, William Agyapong
(Bofoakwa) Issa Shaibu, Anthony Appiah, Emmanuel Osei (Maxbees) Edmund
Copson, Bernard Don Bortey (Hearts) Kingsley Kwarteng (Hasaacas) Albert
Nkansah (Olympics) Steven Oduro (Kotoko) Ibrahim Yahaya, Adu Poku
(Arsenals)
2 - Fatawu Arola, Ibrahim Kluvi (RTU) Anthony Mintah, Tahiru Abdulai,
Kwadwo Opoku, Clovis Kambou (Bofoakwa) Adu Kwaku, Ayitey Dorman,
Victor Antwi (Kaebibirem) Chibsah Yusif (King Faisal) Aziz Ansah, Lawrence
Adjei, Joe Louis, Michael Osei (Kotoko) Princeston Owusu-Ansah (Goldfields)
Willie Hammond, Clement Coffie (Maxbees) John Ainoo, Ben Kwame, Alex
Awuah, Sammy Addo Ghapoha) Nicholas Addo, Ibrahim Labaran, Prince Adu
Poku (Dawu) Nana Adarkwa, Mike Acheampong, Seth Antwi, George Brown,
Samuel Hansen, Francis Aggrey, John Painstil(Arsenals) Asare Nyarko,
Johnson Eklu, Kwesi Keremanteng (Okwawu) Awuley Quaye (Hearts) David
Amoaku, Matthew Konadu, Dennis Odoom, Kwabina Dodzie (Olympics) Isaac
Asari, Haruna Gariba, Paul Attiah, Collins Afriyea (Adansiman)
1 - Abubakar Yakuza, Tijani Mohammed, Ben Boakye, Kwabena Opoku, Ben
Wilson, Awudu Ronaldo, Isahaak Debrah (King Faisal) Nuhu Mohammed,
Salifu Shaabu, Martin Appau (Kwaebibirem) Francis Aggrey, Samuel Kyere,
Joseph Boakye, Razak Moro, Shaibu Yussif, Seth Ofori (Arsenals) Limbambani
Yedibahoma, Akakpo Patron Wahid Mohammed, Yaw Berko (Liberty) Richard
Anderson, Mensah Pomanney, Michael Thompson, Nana Yaw (Ghapoha)
Francis Martey, Samuel Aryetey, Frank Adjei, Fatau Barns, Nana Eshun, David
Eshun, David Sharpe (Olympics) Kofi Apetor, Richard Mireku, Alfred Nii
Darko, Seth Osei, Yaw Ohene Noble, Robert Kingston, Paul Amposah, Osei
Bonsu, George Tutu, Paul Aparik (Okwawu) Charles Ampiah, Kwame Addo,
Kwaku Armah, Alfred Arthur, Kwaku Agyman, Owusu Ansah (Adansiman)
James Boateng, Steven Amo, Eric Boakye, Ofosu Amoah (Goldfields) Richard
Oppong, George Yamoah, Kennedy Boadi, Kwasi Matthew, Kwaku Duah,
Charles Owusu, Akwasi Owusu (Bofoakwa) Sulemana Faisal, Fusani Sumaila,
Kwame Acheampong, Gilbert Ayikade, Rafat Baker, Mohammed Baker (RTU)
Joshua Quarcoopome, Kofi Acquah, Eric Marfo, George Ampoful, Ben Adjei,
Eric Abankwa, Burt Plange (Maxbees) Abedi Sarfo, Ofosu Amoah, Joe
Hendricks, Joe Sam, Charles Asamoah (Kotoko) Lawrence Adjah Tetteh,
Kenneth Sarpong (Hearts) Ahmed Issah (Dawu) Stephen Sekyere, Emmanuel
Okyere, Mohammed Muyani, Robert Mensah, Richard Afriyea (Hasaacas)
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Accra (Greater Accra) 06 December 2001 - Mr. L.O. Laryea, Chairman of the Referees Association of Ghana, has pledged that the standard of officiating soccer matches will see a remarkable improvement in the next football season.
Speaking to GNA Sports on Tuesday, he said there is going to be refresher courses for all referees before the commencement of the next football season.
Mr. Laryea said the association has record of most of the errors some of the referees are found of making in interpreting the rules of the game and these would form the basis of the refresher courses.
He said the course would also take care of protection of players under the rules of modern football game adding that there were cases of exceptionally bad handling of matches due to misinterpretation of the rules while others could be pardoned for human error on the part of match officials.
Touching on security for referees at league centres, he said every effort should be made to ensure that referees are given adequate protection at all centres, especially, at fields that have no rpt no inner perimeters.
He said unlike centres in Accra, Kumasi and Obuasi, all other league centres have no such facilities and this enables home fans to evade the playing field at any moment especially when things are not going well for them.
Mr. Laryea appealed to football clubs to educate their fans on the rules of the game, especially the offside rule, so that they do not falsely accuse referees of being bias against their clubs.
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