National Open Championship begins on Friday
Ibrahim Marshall vows to stop Moyoyo
National Open Championship begins on Friday
Accra (Greater Accra) 11 October 2000
A competition to crown national champions in all categories of Table Tennis gets underway at the Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, October 13.
Dubbed the National Open Championship, the tournament, which will last two days is being sponsored by Mr. Raphael Brown, vice chairman of GTTA and Director of Seven Great Princes Academy.
Mr. Emmanuel Aryee Quaye, a former African champion and national chief coach told GNA Sports on Tuesday that every region would be represented by, three boys and two girls.
He said the tournament would be played on knock out basis but would adopt a round robin format from the quarter-final stage.
Mr. Quaye said, national champions would be crowned in the men and women singles and doubles divisions and the mixed doubles category. The chief coach said there would be handsome cash prizes for winners and runners up in all divisions.
He said GTTA is determined to use the tournament to re-launch Ghana's table tennis and called on sports philanthropists to sponsor tournaments and donate equipment to the association to enable them realise their dream.
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Ibrahim Marshall vows to stop Moyoyo
Accra (Greater Accra) 11 October 2000
Heavyweight boxer, Ibrahim Marshall has vowed to knock out his opponent, Aloyi Moyoyo when they meet in their re-match at the Kaneshie Sports Stadium on November 4.
Marshall told GNA Sports on Tuesday that his first round loss to Moyoyo in their first fight was the result of bad officiating.
He also said he has identified his shot-falls that contributed to his knock down earlier in the round and promised his fans he would rectify them before the next fight.
"Tell my fans not to be discouraged. They must troop in to watch me correct the mistakes that I made in the first fight. I will teach Moyoyo how to box and make him realise that I am a hard puncher too".
Marshall, who said he has stepped up his training in order to peak for the fight, however, lamented the absence of sparring partners.
"I am training very hard for this fight but I am handicapped by lack of sparring partners. All the boxers are afraid to train with me because they are scared I would hurt them".
Ibrahim Marshall, was controversially, kayoed by Aloyi Moyoyo in the first round of their first fight.
The referee stopped the fight when Moyoyo cornered Marshall with a barrage of ineffective punches while Marshall remained very conscious and ready to defend himself.
The Ghana Boxing Board of Control consequently ordered a re-match, which has been packaged by Alhaji Taofik of Shasha Promotions.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 11 October 2000
The annual Taywood Bowl Golf championship tees off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Saturday, October 14.
Nana Atta Nyamekye, Captain of the Achimota Golf Club who announced this in Accra on Tuesday, said the one-day 18-hole bogey competition, open to amateur golfers of the Achimota Golf Club, is being sponsored by Taysec Ghana Limited.
He said the competition, expected to attract over 100 golfers, has handicap 24 and below as the entry qualification for Men while the Ladies' qualification is pegged at handicap 27 and below.
Among the golfers who have registered for the competition are Fred Asamani, G.C. Morgan, P.K, Amoabeng, E. Addo-Mensah, F.K. Frempong, J.F. Sam, C.S. Squire and Andrew Holmes.
Eight prizes will be awarded in the Men's event while the Ladies will have four.
Mr. Andrew Holmes, the Managing Director of TaySec Ghana Limited will present the prizes to the winners.
F.O. Mills is the defending champion.
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