SWAAG, GBL to
institute "Club of the Month"
Delalande wins Achimota Masters cup
University of Ghana wins bilateral games
Etwi-Barimah wins Tema Captain's prize
SWAAG, GBL to
institute "Club of the Month"
Accra (Greater Accra) 19 February
2001
The Sports Writers Association
(SWAG) and Ghana Brewery Limited (GBL) would from next year's Premier League
institute "Club of the month" award in addiction to its end-of-year
awards.
Mr. Martin Esson-Benjamin,
Managing Director of GBL, said the award is part of the company's desire to
increase enthusiasm in the sport to help lift Ghana football to the status it
was a few years back.
"Certainly, the lustre has
fallen off the passion of the people in as far as our senior national team,
Black Stars is concerned," he said at a press soiree on Friday night.
"It is for this that I
congratulate Accra Hearts of Oak for the enviable record in winning every
competition that they have entered this year," he said.
Mr. Esson-Benjamin said that although
GBL's sponsorship is focused on football, the company intends to expand into
less known disciplines like lawn tennis, table tennis and hockey.
Mr. Emmanuel Owusu Ansah, acting
chairman of the Ghana Football Association, asked the media to stop referring
to their administration as an Interim Management Committee (IMC).
He said the present three-man team
of Mr Yaw La-Danso, Mr Wolanyo Agrah and himself would only be increased to six
as stipulated by law to steer the affairs of Ghana soccer for the next three
years.
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Delalande wins Achimota Masters cup
Accra (Greater Accra) 19 February 2001
J.P. Delalande returned 138 net to win this year's Achimota Golf Club Masters competition played at Achimota in Accra on Sunday.
Sam Bannerman-Wood took the second position with 142 net while Kuzi Charamba placed third with 144 net.
The two-day 36-hole Medal competition, reserved for members of the Club who won trophies last year, was sponsored by the Club.
Nana Atta Nyamekye, Captain of the Club who presented the magnificent trophy to Delalande, regretted the low turn up for the competition.
He said the Club would do everything possible to get the competition sponsored next year.
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University of Ghana wins bilateral games
Accra (Greater Accra) 19 February 2001
University of Ghana (UG) collected 64 points to win the bilateral games between it and the University of Ibadan, (UI) Nigeria, held at Legon on Friday.
The Nigerians bagged a total of 52 points, won the chess and the badminton in the one-day games.
UG beat UI 3-0 in the tennis match but lost 0-2 in the badminton, and also lost six and-a-half points to one and-a-half in the chess competition.
In the athletics competition, Mercy Bruce of UG clocked 4.84 points to win the 800m in the women's division.
Esi Bentsil-Enchil also of UG took the second position with Vivian Ozukwe of UI taking the third position.
A spokesman for the University of Ghana Sports Association said the games is aimed at fostering cordial relationship between the two universities.
The return encounter will be held at Ibadan in Nigeria in April, this year.
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Etwi-Barimah wins Tema Captain's prize
Tema (Greater Accra) 19 February 2001
Frank Etwi-Barimah scored 42 points, beating Kweku Okyere on countback, to win this year's Tema Country Golf Club - Captain's Prize competition played at Tema on Saturday.
Francis Sorgbodzor took the third position with 40 points, beating Nana Owusu-Afari on countback.
Beatrice Hampton won the Ladies event with 39 points, Florence Etwi-Barimah placed second with 38 points while Esther Antwi was third with 36 points.
Baba Akologo won the Professionals event with 68 gross, whilst Victor Brave-Mensah took the second position with 69 gross with the third position going to M. Komasa with 69 gross.
The one-day 18-hole Stableford Competition, which was opened to members of the Club only, was sponsored by Mr John Wattengburg, Captain of the Club.
Mr Wattengburg whose term of office ends this year, praised members of the club for the support they have given him since he assumed the captainship, some two years ago.
He appealed to them to co-operate with the in-coming Captain to enable him discharge his duties efficiently.
Mr Felix Owusu-Adjapong, Minister of Transport and Communications, assisted by Mr Mike Erzan, President of Ghana Golf Association, presented the prizes to the winners.
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