Stars, Warriors match
yields 138 million cedis
Black Stars receive
winning bonuses
Sethi wins Achimota Seniors Golf
Stars, Warriors
match yields 138 million cedis
Accra (Greater Accra) 10 October
2000
The African Nations Cup qualifying
match between the Black Stars and the Warriors of Zimbabwe yielded a total of
138 million cedis.
Speaking to GNA Sports on Monday
Mr. Amadu Issah, Chief Accountant of the National Sports Council said, the
amount represents revenue generated from the sale of 25,929 tickets at the
gates.
He said 72 tickets in 20,000 cedis
denomination were sold while 1,109 tickets of the 15,000 cedis brand were
purchased by fans.
Other denominations of tickets
sold were 2,300 eight-thousand cedis tickets, 12,409 five thousand cedis
tickets and 10, 049 four thousand cedis tickets.
Responding to media allegations
that old tickets were sold at the gates by individuals, the Chief Accountant
said the sale of the old tickets was authorised by the Security Committee of
the Council.
He said, it became necessary to
release the old tickets since there were many people outside the stadium who
wanted to watch the match and tickets printed for it had run out of stock.
Mr. Issah said 2000 tickets in
five thousand cedis denomination and another 2000 in four thousand cedis
denomination were released from the left over of the Marcel Desaille Charity
match played on Friday June 11, 1999.
He said in addition to those
tickets, the Committee also released 300 tickets of the Accra Hearts of Oak and
Great Olympics second round Premier League match played on Sunday, September
31.
The chief Accountant admitted
however that, there were many gate crushers at the match and attributed it to
the failure of the Military Police to respond positively to the request of the
council to provide security.
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Black Stars
receive winning bonuses
Accra (Greater Accra) 10 October
2000
All players of the senior national
soccer team, the Black Stars have been paid winning bonuses for the 4-1
white-wash of the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Sunday.
Mr. Kudjo Fianoo, Welfare Officer
of the Stars told GNA Sports on Monday that the money was released in the
morning and any player who cared to receive his was free to do so.
He said the early release of the
money was a way of showing appreciation to the boys for the superlative
performance they put up against the Warriors.
The Welfare Officer said the early
payment was to enable the overseas-based players to return on schedule in order
not to receive any negative assessment from their clubs.
"When they return early to
their bases after every match their clubs would be more willing to release them
any time we need them for national assignment", he said.
Mr. Fianoo however declined to say
how much each player was paid, and referred the writer to the Ghana Football
Association (GFA) even though he was responsible for the disbursement of the
money.
At the GFA, Mr. Wolanyo Agra, the
General Secretary, informed GNA Sports that the players were paid the cedi
equivalent of 1,500 dollars, which is the ceiling for Nations Cup qualifiers.
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Sethi wins Achimota Seniors Golf
Accra (Greater Accra) 10 October 2000
C.S. Sethi returned 63 net to win the 14th bi-monthly Achimota Golf Club Seniors Golf championship played at Achimota in Accra on Sunday.
He was followed by Agyemang Agyekum with 65 net, while Kofi Safo-Debrah took the third position with 69 net.
Mary Asafu-Adjaye won the Ladies event with 66 net beating Maria Ben-George on countback, Konadu Safo-Debrah took the third position with 68 net while Rose Ayivor came fourth with 68 net losing on countback.
The one-day 18 hole stableford competition which attracted about 60 senior golfers aged 55 years and above was sponsored by Jay and Joe Associates.
Mr. Mike Erzan, President of the Ghana Golf Association (GGA) thanked the company for sponsoring the event.
He said a National Seniors Golf competition will be held at Tema in December, this year, to commemorate the 70th birthday of Nana Wereko Ampem the second, immediate past president of the Club.
Mr. John Cobbinah, Executive Director of Jay and Joe Associates gave the assurance that his company would sponsor the event next year.
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