Ghana’s Youth teams are scheduled to take part in the second edition of the African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana from 22nd May to 31st May.
The competition is reserved exclusively for athletes between the ages of 16 -17 years.
Ghana will be participating in swimming, boxing, athletics, table tennis, fencing, judo, weightlifting, badminton and cycling.
The Ghana Olympic Committee has been working in collaboration with the National Sports Authority and Ministry of Youth and Sports to prepare for the games
The local Olympic governing body has also been liaising with the various federations to select the best youth athletes in the various disciplines for the competition.
The competition will give the youngsters international exposure and prepare them for the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China later in the year.
The Ghana Athletics Association and the Ghana Swimming Federation will also be using the competition as qualifiers for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
The Chef De Mission of Ghana’s delegation to the African Youth Games, Rev. Richmond Quarcoo, is hoping the various teams will be ready in time for the competition.
"The competition will be a great opportunity to give our youth athletes international exposure in our quest to help nurture their talents," Rev. Quarcoo said.
"Some of the various Federations have started their own non-residential camping. We’re proposing a three or four week camp before the competition starts in May," he concluded.
SIGNED
Rev. Richmond Quarcoo
Deputy Secretary General
Ghana Olympic Committee
+233 302236060
20 Years at #1:
Últimas Noticias
Brigitte Henriques: “The important thing is that the women who are elected should be chosen for their ability, not because we are looking for modernization in terms of gender”
“When I was a girl I couldn’t find a club to play soccer in because most of them didn’t work with women,” Henriques tells Around the Rings during an in-depth interview in Crete, Greece.
The Hula Report: Winds of Change for ANOC in Crete
New leaders coming for peak Olympic group. Whether other candidates emerge in the months ahead, a contested election for the ANOC presidency will be a first for the organization.
Gilles Gilbert Gresenguet, presidential candidate for AFCNO: “We must take advantage of Paris 2024 to bring the Olympic Games back to French”
The elections take place November 18, and Abakar Djermah Aumi, president of the Chad Olympic Committee, is also aiming to win them.
USOPC announces 613-member 2020 U.S. Olympic Team
Roger Federer pulls out of Tokyo Olympics: "I am greatly disappointed"
(ATR) Federer cites "a setback with my knee" for the decision.
