Greater Accra Sports coaches share ideas and experience

The Greater Accra Regional Sports Authority has

organized the first ever Peer – Review Workshop for its district, municipal and

regional coaches, and sports directors at the Media Center of the Accra Sports

Stadium.

Mr. Kwame Amponfi Jr. the Acting Regional Sports

Director said the purpose of the premier workshop of such a kind was to appraise

the performance of the

regional, metropolitan, and district sports directors in the past year through

peer review based on the current rudiments respective sports disciplines

administered in the region.

He commended the participants who were lectured on

the Preparation of Action Plan, Minutes and Reports Writing, Laws and

Procedures Governing Public Procurement, Sports Nutrition and Injury Management

as well as Work Place HIV / AIDS Education and Management, all in the view of

improving staff capacity for efficient and effective sports development and

promotion in the region.

The articulate young sports manager and

administrator who lose his 75 years old mother, Madam Mary Blay aka Maame Yaba

of Twifo Kayireku, near Twifo-Praso two days to the workshop said the review

was basically aimed at making the coaches and sports directors share knowledge

and best practices among themselves, whiles individual peer performances are

also measured by unbiased panel against established regional, national and

international sports development and promotional growth standards, for reward,

encouragement and further capacity building where necessary.

He noted that the Sports Authority believes the

surest way to maximize effective and efficient sports development in the face

of inadequate financial, material and human resources is to organize such

programmes to sensitise the staff.

Kwame Amponfi Jr. hinted that the outcome of the

review will form part of the Regional Sports Authority’s 2013 Annual

Performance Report to the National Sports Authority for consideration by it and

the sector Ministry, whilst high performing coaches and directors from the

review will be selected for awards during the region’s end of year staff and

stakeholders awards to come off soon.

Some selected coaches who shared their ideas and

took pers through the history and rudiments of their disciplines were J.Adjasco

for volleyball, Henry Qwansah for tennis, E. Osabutey for handball, Francis

Frimpong for table Tennis, Benedict Ntreh for disabled Sports (Goalball),

Edmund Kpeglo for basketball, Amuzu Logosu for athletics, Ofori Asare and Dan

Lartey for boxing, Majety Fetri for weightlifting, Amuzu and Odoi Wilson for Rugby.

Soccer, cycling and swimming were absent due to ill health of the coaches.

Kwame Amponfi Jr. praised the media for promoting messages

of the region in terms of sports and letting the world know about their events

and achievements. He prayed that the world would appreciate the innovation of

the Regional Sports Authority for possible attraction of sponsorship to develop

sports in the region.

He also appealed to the NSA to adopt the programme

as a national event as to benefit all regional sports directors and coaches.

Erasmus Adorkor urged the coaches to be more

practical in unearthing and producing sports talents and be committed and

dedicated to the work, despite inadequate remuneration as they hope to attract

more resources to take care of the staff. He revealed that sport is all about

solving problems.

Madam Alice Attipoe, the Acting Director General of

the National Sports Authority (NSA) expressed that the workshop was very

appropriate as it was held at the right time. She tasked the coaches and sports

directors to be what they learnt into practice and not relax since there are

more activities to be done in the coming days, and the world is changing at a

faster rate. She advised them to look for partners for support in organizing their

programmes.

The one day event was graced by the Deputy Regional

Minister Hon. Vanderpuje who represented the Minister Hon. Julius Debrah, Dr.

Prince Pambo, Head of the Medical Directorate of the NSA and the Acting

Director – General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Madam Alice Attipoe,

Erasmus Adorkor, the Chief Sports Development Officer and Dr. Vera Opata, an HIV

AIDS coordinator in Ghana.