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Ghana to host All Africa Golf Championship 2012
Accra, June 20, Ghanadot/GNA –
Ghana will host the 2012 edition of the All Africa Golf
Championship.
The tournament, co-sponsored by Royal and Ancient, the home
of golf in Scotland is meant for amateur golfers across the
continent.
John Wartemburg, Secretary of the Ghana Golf Association (GGA)
told the GNA Sports on Friday that after identifying the
youth as the key to the success of the sport it was now more
than committed to the hosting of the 2012 edition of the
annual championship.
He explained that the nation’s dream of hosting the
championship will be enhanced by the upgrading of one or two
golf clubs in the country to meet international standards.
Mr Wartemburg lamented the poor financial state of the
association and called on the members and the corporate
world to assist in the development of the sport to dispel
the perception by the public that the sport was for the
affluent.
“The Association is very poor financially since it only
survives on the support and benevolence of sponsors to
organize events.”
He added that even though the Association is one of 30
disciplines affiliated to the National Sports Council (NSC),
it is yet to benefit from any form of financial support to
develop the sport.
The Secretary therefore appealed to the media to improve on
its coverage of golf championship to create the needed
awareness among the general public.
Ghana made her maiden appearance at the All Africa
championship in April 2007 in Zimbabwe.
GNA
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