Ghana’s Farida Iddriss has attended the meeting of  FINA’s Reform Committee meeting in Lausanne.

The FINA Reform Committee finalised their discussions on a series of strategic recommendations, which have been developed to modernise FINA, the world governing body for aquatic sports, and take its six disciplines into a new era.

The Reform Committee, announced by FINA President Captain Husain Al-Musallam on his election day, 5 June, assessed potential changes to FINA and provide strategic recommendations on a variety of areas including governance, communication, marketing, gender equity, events, athlete safeguarding, sport medicine and sport development.

The Reform Committee which is chaired by Mr. Francois Carrard presented the outcome of months of hard work from the various sub-Committees at the FINA Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) over a two-day meeting on October 4-5, 2021.

During the meeting, different areas were discussed and major measures to be implemented were identified. The whole business model of FINA has been broken down and concrete recommendations were proposed following the conclusion of the extensive assessment.

 “Today marks an important milestone for FINA towards the reinforcement of its commitment to authenticity, transparency and reform. The Reform Committee reached a consensus on several key measures to be adopted as part of the change led by FINA President Al-Musallam,” said Francois Carrard. “The recommendations will be presented by the Reform Committee at the upcoming FINA Congress. They will enhance the current business model of FINA and lead to a more contemporary and transparent governing body.”

Reform Committee member, former World champion and athletes representative Britta Kamrau said: “After months of study, the Reform Committee has done a great service to FINA by laying out the path towards the reforms. Now FINA must implement these sustainable changes and build a stronger organisation for the future to better serve its athletes.”

The outcome of the meeting will be presented to the FINA members on the occasion of the FINA World Swimming Championship (25m) and the Aquatics Festival in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from December 16-21.

Farida Iddriss was a member of Ghana’s team that organised the CANA Zone 2 championship in 2020. She is now a member of the Local Organising Committee LOC for the upcoming 14th Junior and Senior Swimming and Open water championships to be hosted in Ghana.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Award winning promoters, Cabic Promotions will stage the Big Fight Night involving Emmanuel Quaye and Boateng Agyeman for the National Middleweight Championship at The Idrowhyt events center at Akuko Foto, Dansoman on Saturday, October 9th 2021.

The bill will feature exciting boxers like Felix Nunoo, Emmanuel Quartey, Kpakpo Allotey, Lesko Sossiya Eric Awogah and others who will weigh on Friday.

President of Cabic Promotions, Mr. Ivan Bruce Cudjoe said at the media briefing to usher in the bill that they are in the game for business and encouraged corporate Ghana to support boxing.

He also called on the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) to display all vacant titles, and allow boxers to challenge themselves for the public to know the best boxers in the nation.

The GBA President, Mr. Abram Neequaye has also promised to sanction good bouts, as he wants clean and exciting bouts.

Emmanuel Quaye, the new face of Cabic Promotions has promised to give off his best as he has learnt new skills under coach Ofori Asare.

He told Yours Truly, he can not let the fine opportunity to become a national champion slip by.

Marketing manager of Cabic Promotions, Jingles said they are adding value to boxing in Ghana, and guests will have much to appreciate at the event.

He said the next event at Idrowhyt Events Center will be very entertaining and invited companies and friends to buy tables to wine and dine as they watch classic boxing.

Gate fee are from 30ghc, 50ghc, 100ghc to 200ghc for the regular to VIP and VVIP ring side respectively.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana will host the first joint age category event in the world which is Junior and Senior African Swimming championship, involving 42 countries participating with 420 swimmers.

The event starts from 11-17 October ,2021 for swimming at the Trust Sport Emporium (Bukom Boxing Arena) in Accra and on 17th October, 2021 at Akosombo for Open Water Swimming competition.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) has called on Ghanaian companies to support the event.

The public has been invited to watch the swimming stars on the continent of Africa.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

The FINA Reform Committee has finalised their discussions on a series of strategic recommendations, which have been developed to modernise FINA, the world governing body for aquatic sports, and take its six disciplines into a new era.

The Reform Committee, announced by FINA President Captain Husain Al-Musallam on his election day, 5 June, was formed to assess potential changes to FINA and provide strategic recommendations on a variety of areas including governance, communication, marketing, gender equity, events, athlete safeguarding, sport medicine and sport development.

The Reform Committee, chaired by Mr. Francois Carrard, presented the outcome of months of hard work from the various sub-Committees at the FINA Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) over a two-day meeting on October 4-5. During the meeting, different areas were discussed and major measures to be implemented were identified. The whole business model of FINA has been broken down and concrete recommendations were proposed following the conclusion of the extensive assessment.

 “Today marks an important milestone for FINA towards the reinforcement of its commitment to authenticity, transparency and reform. The Reform Committee reached a consensus on several key measures to be adopted as part of the change led by FINA President Al-Musallam,” said Francois Carrard. “The recommendations will be presented by the Reform Committee at the upcoming FINA Congress. They will enhance the current business model of FINA and lead to a more contemporary and transparent governing body.”

To conclude the productive meeting in Lausanne, Reform Committee member, former World champion and athletes representative Britta Kamrau said: “After months of study, the Reform Committee has done a great service to FINA by laying out the path towards the reforms. Now FINA must implement these sustainable changes and build a stronger organisation for the future to better serve its athletes.”

The outcome of the meeting with suggested areas of reform will be presented to the FINA members on the occasion of the FINA World Swimming Championship (25m) and the Aquatics Festival in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from December 16-21.

Source: FINA

President of the Accra Academy Old Boy's Association(AAOBA),Mr Kofi Amoa-Awuah  has urged final year students to attain higher levels of education and contribute to the growth of the country.

Speaking at the Induction of Final Year Students into AAOBA as part of activities to mark the school's 90th Anniversary celebration, he said, it was important to pursue higher academic laurels in Ghana and beyond and contribute their quota to national development.

"Completing Senior High School(SHS) is just the beginning of the academic journey as there are more to learn in order to become responsible citizens," he stated.

He urged students to be focused, tackle challenges in the world outside school and utilize opportunities available to become better.

"There are challenges outside the walls of the Accra Academy which students would face but must be strong and deal with them in order to get to the top," he stressed.

"Be passionate at all times and have the desire to solve problems in society instead of running away from challenges," he stressed.

He also asked them to commit themselves to the growth of the school after completion.

Chairperson for the occasion,Nii Odartey Blankson also advised final year students to be disciplined and find a purpose for life regardless of the results they would attain in the final examinations.

"Do not let your results define what you would become in future. Go beyond the results,have a vision for life and attain your potentials," he stated.

"Always network with classmates and be law abiding citizens of the country," he added.

On his part, Headmaster of Accra Academy,Mr Emmanuel Ofoe Fiemawhle said the students were trained to live an easier life after school.

Now that they have attained the Bleoobi(Old students of Accra Academy) status, he said, they must carry along the values they had been imbibed in them.

"Values of the school including, selflessness, self discipline, sacrifice, hard work, perseverance, success and excellence must lead at all times," he stated.

Caption: Mr Amoa-Awuah(left) performing  the induction ceremony

Source Mamedia Ventures

The MTN final invitational golf tournament comes off this Saturday at the Bok Nam Kim Golf Club at Burma Camp this Saturday. 9th October, 2021 and it is part of the silver jubilee celebrations of the biggest telecom company in Ghana.

The tournament will be hosted under the theme: "25years of Brightening Lives and Beyond"

At least 80 top golf players will compete for honours and prizes.

The play format is Stableford, and handicap allowance is open to players with official handicaps. Men (0 – 24) and Ladies (0 – 32).

All COVID 19 Protocols will be fully observed

By Sammy Heywood Okine

2023 Africa Games in Ghana is "My Games, Your Games, Our Games" - SWAG President Charges Sports Media

The Queen's Baton Relay has been an essential part of the Commonwealth Games for more than 60 years.

Typically, it takes more than a year to complete and provides a vital connection to all the nations and regions of the Commonwealth.

It has become the longest relay of its kind in the world.

The exact origins of the ritual are unclear, although it was introduced as a prelude to the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

Athletics coach Bernard Baldwin, the founder of the legendary Nos Galan New Year's Eve race, had previously organised similar relays for Welsh national celebrations.

His idea of a similar event at the finale of the 1958 Games may well have been the inspiration for the Queen's Baton Relay.

A baton which featured the red dragon was designed in Cardiff and made in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, providing a pleasing link with the 2022 host city.

Birmingham was on the route for the first Relay which travelled by day and night to Cardiff.

The baton usually starts its journey at Buckingham Palace in London, but in 1970 Queen Elizabeth II sent her message to the athletes of Edinburgh from Canada's Northwest Territories.

In 1974, the Relay for Christchurch began from Sandringham, the Queen's residence in Norfolk.

From 1990 onwards, the Queen's Baton Relay has become ever more ambitious and in 2006 it visited all of the Commonwealth nations and territories for the first time en-route to Melbourne.

"We wanted as many hands as possible to touch it so that The Queen knows that in her family throughout the Commonwealth, as many people have the chance to touch it and see her message," Commonwealth Games Federation President Dame Louise Martin has said.

For the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in Australia, the Relay proved to be a magnificent odyssey over 388 days.

More than 8,000 bearers carried the baton over a distance of 230,000 kilometres.

Ms. Charlene Mills and Mr. Malcolm Hood from the British High Commission in Accra on Wednesday October 6 visited the Commonwealth Games Federation, Ghana to meet the Games Committee on preparations towards the Queen’s Baton Relay.

They discussed the route and personalities who would handle the Baton.

The Queen’s Baton will be in Ghana from October 25th to 28 and would be seen in places like Tema and Kumasi, the garden city.

President Nana Akufo Addo is going to be the first personality to hold the baton when it lands in Ghana.

Present at the meeting were Messers Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Ghana, Fred Lartey Otu, Chairman of the Games Committee, Isaac Aboagye Duah, Melvin Brown, Hayye Yartey, Mohammed Mahadi and Mrs. Delphina Quaye.

The Queen's Baton Relay has been an essential part of the Commonwealth Games for more than 60 years.

Typically, it takes more than a year to complete and provides a vital connection to all the nations and regions of the Commonwealth.

It has become the longest relay of its kind in the world.

The exact origins of the ritual are unclear, although it was introduced as a prelude to the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

The baton usually starts its journey at Buckingham Palace in London, but in 1970 Queen Elizabeth II sent her message to the athletes of Edinburgh from Canada's Northwest Territories.

In 1974, the Relay for Christchurch began from Sandringham, the Queen's residence in Norfolk.

From 1990 onwards, the Queen's Baton Relay has become ever more ambitious and in 2006 it visited all of the Commonwealth nations and territories for the first time en-route to Melbourne.

"We wanted as many hands as possible to touch it so that The Queen knows that in her family throughout the Commonwealth, as many people have the chance to touch it and see her message," Commonwealth Games Federation President Dame Louise Martin has said.

For the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in Australia, the Relay proved to be a magnificent odyssey over 388 days.

More than 8,000 bearers carried the baton over a distance of 230,000 kilometres.

Birmingham is the venue for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Source CFG

The Ghana Football Association is delighted to announce the dates for the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League football season. The competition which kicks off on Friday, October 29, 2021 is expected to round up on the weekend of June 17-20, 2022.

The first round of the season will end on the weekend of 11-14 February 2022 while the second round kicks off on Friday, February 25, 2022.

Defending Champions Accra Hearts of Oak will commence their title defence against Legon Cities at the Accra sports stadium before trekking to Sogakope to play WAFA on Match Day Two.