Frempong to defend Club Beer golf trophy
18,400 tickets available for Black
Stars/Hearts match
Accra (Greater Accra) 19 December 2001 - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has said it expects 18,400 spectators to turn out for the Black Stars/ Accra Hearts of Oak trial match scheduled for the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday, December 19.
The two sides meet in what is seen as a befitting trial for the national side who are preparing for the forthcoming Nations Cup in Mali.
The GFA has consequently requested the National Sports Council to make the required number of tickets available for the match.
In a letter sent to Dr Emmanuel Owusu Ansah, Acting Chief Executive of the National Sports Council, (NSC) Mr Kwaku Ampim-Darko, Deputy General Secretary of the GFA in charge of technical duties asked the NSC to direct its Acting Chief Accountant to supply stratified tickets for the match.
An analysis of the tickets face value show that the match would yield a whooping ¢187,500,000 if the tickets are sold out. The purse would be realised going by the VIP rate of ¢30,000 for 100 spectators, ¢20,000 for 1,000 fans at the Wings and ¢15,000 for 2,300 spectators at the Upper Terrace.
The Osu Stand of 5,000 people and Popular Stand of 10,000 people would attract ¢10,000 and ¢8,000 respectively to fetch the amount if they are all sold out.
Europe based stars Razak Ibrahim, Alex Techie Menson, Charles Amoah and Baffour Gyan and Prince Amoako are expected to feature in the trial against Hearts to enable head coach Osam Duodu assess their match fitness as there is nothing like automatic qualifier into the Black Stars squad.
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Vice-President Alhaji Aliu Mahama will officially launch the Black Stars ‘Operation Mali 2002’ with a ‘Benefit Nite’ at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel tomorrow.
The exclusive occasion will also see the re-formalisation of the relationship between the Black Stars and Adidas as the team’s official kit sponsors. It will also provide the platform for the Ghana Football Association to announce other forms of corporate and individual sponsors to boost the Black Stars efforts at the Nations Cup finals.
The Vice-President will also interact with the sponsors and other stakeholders and announce government’s plans for the team. Some of the major sponsors include Guinness Ghana Limited, Coca Cola, State Insurance Corporation (SIC), and Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL).
About 100 past and present sponsors will be at the function where the new jersey of the Black Stars will also be introduced.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 19 December 2001 - The North Stand of the Accra Sports Stadium where 126 soccer fans lost their lives after the fourth week premier league match between Accra Hearts of Oaks and Kumasi Asante Kotoko would be renamed the "May 9 Stand" in their memory.
At a familiarization tour of the Stadium on Tuesday, Mr Edward Osei Kwaku, Minister of Youth and Sports, said the renaming together with a monument to be erected within the stadium would serve as an important reminder of what happened on that day to all visitors.
He tasked the National Sports Council (NSC) to submit proposals for the repair of damaged stairways as recommended by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry for the repair work to be done before the Champion of Champions match between Hearts and Kotoko in February.
On the damaged chairs, he asked the NSC to replace them in the interim while government considered plans of building a new modern stadium elsewhere. The Minister expressed concern about the spate of cheating that went on at the gates and asked that prudent measures be instituted to stop the practice to enable the NSC to raise substantial revenue to improve facilities at the various stadiums.
Mr Osei Kwaku again charged NSC to look for ways of putting extra exits in addition to the two at the Osu Stands to avert possible disaster in the future.
The Minister promised to revert sporting facilities at the Kaneshie Sports Complex, which is at present in the care of the National Youth Council, back to the NSC only on condition that they found some resource to upgrade the facilities.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 19 December 2001 - Felix K. Frempong will defend the Club Beer Open golf championship trophy he won last year, when this year's competition tees off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Friday, December 21.
Mr Gilbert Morgan, captain of the Achimota Golf Club who announced this in Accra on Tuesday, said the three-day 36-hole Scratch competition, opened to amateur and professional golfers throughout the country is being sponsored by Accra Brewery Limited (ABL).
He said about 160 competitors have so far registered for the competition which is the last major event for the year. The captain said the entry requirement for the championship would be handicap 14 and 24 for the Men and Ladies competitions respectively.
The professionals will engage in a hectic 72-hole scratch starting on Thursday, with all the big names including John Dormon, Victor Brave-Mensah and Yaw Daniels competing. The championship ends on Sunday, December 23.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) on Sunday presented a lawn mower
to the Achimota Golf Club to support their expansion project. Mr William Panford Bray, Managing Director of the bank who made the presentation on behalf of the bank said it is the policy of the bank to support the community in which it operates and pledged the bank's commitment to continue supporting the Club.
Mr Sammy Adetola, vice captain of the Club who received the item on behalf of the Club thanked the bank for their kind gesture and called on other corporate bodies and institutions to help develop the sport.
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