The Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Dwarfs Sports team has paid a familiarisation visit to the Kumasi office of Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) with a call on sports enthusiasts to actively support the development of the team to enable them develop their potentials effectively and efficiently.
The visit to the Kumasi office was in appreciation of the tremendous support the GCGL has been offering them since the team was formed a few years ago .
It also created a platform for their officials to appeal to the GCGL to continue supporting the disabled in terms of publicity for society to appreciate their worth.
This, according to their National Coach, Mr Adu Akyeampong, “ will encourage sports philanthropists , organisations, institutions and individuals to sponsor members of the team in diverse ways for them to nurture and develop their potentials”.
The team comprised soccer stars, table tennis players and athletes .
Mr Akyeampong , who is also the Sports Development Coordinator, noted, “ it takes both the able and the disabled to develop a nation, but in sports the disabled are always neglected and sidelined, making it impossible for them to nurture and develop their talents to support national development”
“We may lack the physical stature, but in terms of skills , know-how, ability , zeal and commitment , we have them in abundance,” he noted.
Expressing concern about their neglect when it comes to sponsorship in sporting programmes in particular and other socio-economic development in general, Mr Akyeampong noted, “ when we participated in the Benin games a few months ago, we won trophies in soccer by beating Benin 9-0 to win the trophy at stake , and in table tennis too we won it hands down, a feat that we are eager to further explore to enable us win more laurels for the country in future”.
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