All set for National Sports Festival
The Deputy Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) in charge of technical, Saka Acquaye, says preparations have reached a fever pitch towards the upcoming National Sports Festival slated for August 31 to September 7, in Kumasi.
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He was confident that the games would be staged successfully at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
After six years of hibernation, the Sports Festival, which was last held as the Unity Games in 2011, has been resuscitated to help identify and groom talents for the national cause.
The competition will involve 12 disciplines, namely: boxing, athletics, handball, para-sports, table tennis and female soccer. The rest are karate, judo, taekwondo, basketball, volleyball and tennis.
More than 2000 athletes are expected to participate in the event which is expected to be officially opened by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
In an exclusive interview with the Graphic Sports in Accra yesterday. Mr Acquaye, revealed that an official launch of the event would be held at the Golden Bean Hotel in Nhyiesu on August 16.
He intimated that a series of refresher courses and workshops will be held for coaches and officials prior to the tournament.
Buttressing that point, the Public Relations Officer of the NSA, Madam Frederica Davies, stressed that her outfit was ready for the competition.
“We are also going to get the media involved and all stakeholders in sports”, she stated.
Meanwhile, a delegation led by Mr Robert Osafo Mensah, NSA Director General, and his lieutenants will officially pay a courtesy call on the Asantehene to inform him about the event in the coming days.