Boss Throws Weight Behind 4th UCI Africa Paracycling Champs

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NSA BOSS THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND 4th UCI AFRICA PARACYCLING CHAMPS

Director General of

the National Sports Authority Mr. Wolanyo Agra has thrown his unflinching

support to the Local Organizing Committee in charge of the upcoming 4th Africa

Paracycling Championship to be staged in Ghana from the 10th to 11th of December.

The LOC paid a

courtesy call to brief the NSA Boss about the importance of the event as well

as progress of the LOC towards the event.

Mr. Agra said since

the programme is geared towards the London 2012 Olympic Games, it was worthy

for the government to throw its full support to this course. He further

implored the LOC to keep working hard and indeed to see this assistance as a

positive mark as part of the government’s better Ghana Agenda in promoting Sports.

Ghana gained the exclusive rights from the world governing body, the UCI to

host this event which will automatically qualify team Ghana to the Olympic

Games.

The African

Paracycling Championship is a must qualifier event towards the London 2012

Olympic Games which will accrue maximum points for the various Para-athletes.

Categories to be

competed include Hand cycling (HC), Blind Visual (BV), and Tricycle. Registered

and confirmed Countries include South Africa, Kenya, Benin, Togo, Cote D’Ivoire,

Niger, and foreign Para cyclists from Albania and Poland.

Meanwhile, the

selection of the National Paracyclists would be held from Friday 18th to Monday 21st

November 2011 which will be quickly followed up with

the final residential training. Sponsorship drives have already showed up

coming from IQRA Limited-dealers in bicycle equipments as well as Miklin Hotel,

Promasidor Ghana limited and the National Sports Authority.

The LOC has since

started its sponsorship drive and is calling on all corporate bodies to be part

of this historic event.

Dennis

Kweku Moore

Director

of Communication

Local

Organizing Committee-Africa Paracycling Champs

Tel:

+233 277452126/026056813

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