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Second Accra International Motocross
comes off on Sunday
Accra, May 10, GNA – The second Accra International
Motocross expected to bring together motor cycling
enthusiasts from some West African countries will come off
on Sunday, May 13 at East Legon.
The 22.5km race, which will take place on the Mmai-Dzorm
Ashaiman Race Circuit, is expected to attract about 20
participants from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast and
Burkina Faso.
Mr Kwabena Asamoa, Communication Manager of Promasidor Ghana
Limited, Sponsors of the event, briefing the media on
Wednesday said his outfit had put the necessary measures in
place to ensure a successful event.
He explained that in order to engender faster times, the
track had been resurfaced to bring it close to the near
perfect conditions of off-road racing.
Mr Asamoa said the main reason for staging the event was to
develop the sport in the country to a level where it would
serve as a major source of tourist revenue.
The Communications Manager said Ghana’s weather, coupled
with its beautiful landscape and vast empty spaces, favours
the sport.
He dismissed the notion that motocross was a dangerous
sport, insisting that participants had been given adequate
training and knowledge, while the motorcycles to be used
were carefully developed with the safety of the riders in
mind.
Eddie Speller Nassar, Chairman of the Accra Motor Club said
the nation was blessed with some potential riders, who would
soon participate in international events such as the Dakar
Rally, among others.
He encouraged the youth to take up to motocross, which also
served as a form of exercise for the body like other sports.
Promasidor and other collaborators, Pens and Plastics Ghana
Limited and Surf Publications have put together attractive
packages for outstanding cyclists.
Seventeen year old Peter-Pierrot Fouilleron of the Accra
Motor Club is the reigning champion.
GNA
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