The managing director of Binatone Ghana, Venu Babu, says his outfit is willing to commit themselves to Skate soccer in the next ten (10) years.
“As title sponsor, we are committed at least for the next ten years, we are committed to supporting the sports as much as we can.”
He further stated how far and their ambitions for the sport in the next few years.
“The next target after hosting Africa Cup of Skate Soccer in March 2018 is to host the World Cup and the Para Olympics.”
The Ghana national team of skate soccer ‘Rolling Rockets’ will host their counterparts from Togo on September 2 in an international friendly, at the tennis court Accra Sports Stadium. The visiting team Togo will arrive in the country on September 1st.
The winner of that game will get GH¢ 10,000.00 and products from Binatone and the best player will also get product from Binatone.
The president of International Federation of Skate Soccer, Mr.Albert Frimpong says the target for the international friendly is to get the competing countries in the next AFCON well prepared before the competition takes off. The tournament will be hosted in March 2018 in Accra(Ghana).
“We have planned to play the countries who will compete in next year’s AFCON. We want to get competitive games to give exposure and to monitor the organizational structure,” he said.
He further admitted that with Binatone coming on board as partners has really helped lift the sport to the next level.
“Binatone coming on board has really lifted the sport to the next level, it has really helped because now, I don’t find the sport as I use to do in the past ten years so it has relief pressure on me in funds aspect. It is easy to call the players to camp because there are training allowances for the players,” he stressed.
Events in the pipeline for skate soccer
1st. Ghana vs Togo at the Accra Sports Stadium (02/09/2017)
2nd. Nigeria vs Ghana in Lagos,Nigeria.(2017)
3rd. Ghana vs Niger in Accra (2017)
4th. Ghana vs Ivory Coast, Accra .(January,2018)
5th. Ghana vs Burkina Faso (February, 2018).
6th. March will be International Federation of Skate Soccer AFCON