GRi Sports Ghana 03 - 10 - 2000
Referee Bob
Sackey for WBC convention
Golf to round
off Homowo festival on Oct. 7
Referee Bob Sackey for WBC convention
Accra (Greater Accra) 3 October 2000
Referee Bob Sackey, the highest ranked Ghanaian
boxing referee has been invited by the World Boxing Council (WBC) to its
millennium convention slated for Mexico City from October 21 to 27.
Speaking to GNA Sports on Monday, the youthful
referee said the invitation would afford him the opportunity to participate in
a training and assessment course, which would improve his rating.
He said he is determined to put Ghana's name on
the world-boxing map with a distinctive performance to enable him to officiate
in top boxing tournaments.
"At the moment, I am rated among the top
ten in the world and it is my determination to be number one very soon."
Referee Sackey attributed his phenomenal rise
to the inspiration and support he receives from Mr. Eddie Papoe, a WBC judge
and a top brass of the professional boxing board, particularly Nii Quaye
Mensah, president of the Commonwealth Boxing Commission.
The referee advocated the introduction of
periodic courses or workshops for Ghanaian boxers in order to make them
conversant with the rules of the sport as they keep on being amended now and
then.
"Boxing is a living sport. The rules are
not fixated. They are being revised now and then and it is appropriate for a
boxer to know the latest additions to the rules. It will enhance his chances in
a fight, he said"
Bob Sackey departs Accra on Tuesday, October 17
to London, en route Mexico.
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Golf to round off Homowo festival on Oct. 7
Accra (Greater Accra) 3 October 2000
This year's Ga annual "Homowo" golf
championship tees off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Saturday, October
7.
Nana Atta Nyamekye, Captain of the Achimota
Golf Club who announced this in Accra on Monday, said the one-day 18-hole
stableford competition open to amateur golfers of Achimota, Tema and Celebrity
Golf Clubs would round off this year's
Homowo. It is being sponsored by the Ga
Traditional Council.
Some of the golfers expected to vie for the
prestigious cup include, Nick Smallman, John Cobbinah, J.P. Delande, J.F. Sam
and J.J. Harvey.
Nii Amugi the second, Ga Mantse and, Nii Adotey
Obour the second, Sempe Mantse are expected to grace the occasion.
On Sunday, October 7, the Achimota Golf Club
Seniors competition will also tees off with about 50 golfers participating. The
competition, which is open to senior members of the Club aged 55 years and
above, is being sponsored by the Club.
Mr. Ishmael Yamson, President of the Club will
present prizes to winners.
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Camelot to tighten security
Accra (Greater Accra) 3 October
2000
Camelot Ghana Limited, ticket
printers for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) used for premier football
league matches, is to take measures to forestall security breaches in its
operations.
This move is sequel to the arrest
last Sunday of a part time worker of the company who was alleged to have printed
and sold his own tickets during the Accra Hearts of Oak and Great Olympics
local derby at the Accra Sports Stadium.
In a statement signed by Mr. John
Colin Villars, Acting Managing Director of the company, Camelot pledged to
co-operate with the GFA in assisting the police in their investigations.
Consequently, series of meetings
have been arranged between Camelot and the GFA to address the issue.
Meanwhile, feelers received by GNA
Sports revealed that the suspect, whose name is being withheld for security
reasons, is a full time worker with the Ministry of Finance, but works with
Camelot on part time basis.
The main suspect was arrested when
a tout, who was caught selling un-authorised tickets mentioned his name as the
one who gave him the tickets.
The incident is a serious blow to
Camelot, as the company is a market leader in security printing in the country,
with the banks and other commercial entities as their clients.
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