TEMA Technical Institute for the second time emerged winners of the bi-annual Korean Residents Association (KRA) President’s Soccer Cup after securing a 2-0 victory over Manhean Secondary Technical in the final at the Tema Stadium last weekend.
Both teams beat 38 other public and private senior high schools drawn from the Tema and Ashaiman Metropolis to reach the final, with the winner taking home GH¢1,500 and a giant trophy donated by the association. The second and third placed teams took home GH¢1,000 and GH¢500 respectively.
The event also saw Tema Secondary School clinching the first position in the girls division after beating Manhean Secondary Technical on a 3-0 aggregate.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Korea Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Sang Hak Lee, said the bi-annual football gala and marathon instituted four years ago has served as a platform of friendship between the two countries and also promoted education through sports, complementing the teaching and learning He commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for immensely supporting the event, and was optimistic that the programme would unearth football and athletics talents to take Ghana to higher heights.
The Chief Executive of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), Mr Kempes Ofosuware, commended the association for putting up the programme which does not only serve as a platform to promote goodwill between the two countries but also seeks to promote youth development in sports.
Mr Ofosuware proposed for a collaboration between the TMA and the Harbour City of Korea for a sister city partnership that would go a long way to promote development between them.
Earlier in his welcome address, the President of KRA, Mr Do Jae Kofi Yim, stated that, work on a multipurpose sports complex currently under construction at Tema Community 3 the cost of $1million was far advance.
According to him, the complex which comes with a volley ball and basket ball courts, swimming pool, conference hall amongst other facilities would go to effectively build the capacity of the youth in the country in the area of sports.
Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Mr Nii Nortey Duah pledged his ministry’s support to the association and charge corporate institutions to redefine their social responsibility programmes that would incorporate the development of talents in the area of sports, saying, “their contribution would go a long way to promote sports development in the country as government alone cannot do all,” he stated.
Present at the ceremony was the Tema Mantse, Nii Adjei Krakue II and the Tema Metropolitan Director of Education, Mr Kwesi Hutchful was called on the wining schools to put the cash prizes into the teaching of physical education.
CAPTION: Deputy Sports Minister, Nii Nortey Duah presenting the GHC1500 cheque to Collins Quarm, team captain of Tema Technical Institute
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