Inauguration of the 2006/07 Prempeh.org Soccer League
.....A Report
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Prempeh College has over the years been a place of producing the creme de la
creme of sports men for Ghana and the world as a whole. Much can be said of
the great Amanfoo who spearheaded athletics and soccer in Ghana. The success
stories of the likes of Yusif Chibsah who is hailed in Ghana as "Ewiase
nyinaa 6" (World best 6) and Edmund Owusu-Ansah, the captain of the
Porcuppine Warriors, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, a team that is ranked 3rd in
Africa tells it all.
Nonetheless, the young ones do not want to be left out as the likes of
Douglas Nyame, who is now in the United States, Chibsah Junior also
abroad, US-based Ghana Olympian Samuel Adade, who still maintains the record as the best athlete in
the 100m and 200m category of the Inter-schools Super Zonal campetition in
Ashanti Region have made it known why Prempeh College
is the best. Of course there is also the great Dominic "Ananse" Oduro
at FC Dallas and Mawusi at Manchester United Academy. Stephen Okei is the
rock of the defense of the national Under-17 team and he will soon get the chance to showcase his talent in the Under-17
World Cup.
The college is the best in education and sports.
With the introduction of the prempeh.org Inter-house soccer competition last
year, so many talents have been unearthed. This competition which is solely
sponsored by the "Best School website" in Ghana was started last
year. It brought about the maximizing of potentials and the discovery of
talents. People hailed this noble idea by the webmaster,Dr Harold
Ofori. The likes of Ahmed Deedat and Sadat will never forget this man
who made it possible for a soccer agent to see their talent while playing for the
respective houses in the prempeh.org inter-house championship.
Ahmed and Sadat now play for Bunkeflo IF in Sweden and always revere the
webmaster and the introduction of the prempeh.org league. Prempeh.org whose
mission is to help as many Prempeh students as possible once again launched
this year's league on Monday, the 9th of October.
On the launching, the sports master and coach of the soccer team stressed the
need for such leagues as they enhance the creativity and ingenuity of some
players. It aslo goes to unearth some talents which in the long run will
benefit Prempeh College as they strive to achieve success this year in all
fields related to sports. Mr Lartey, however, reiterated the need for leagues
to be sponsored and organised to unveil the talents in people who could play
basketball and then hockey. "Through the leagues and the
website prempeh.org, our
athletes and footballers have gotten the opportunity to pursue careers outside the country. When you play it
well, you get the fame and benefit for the work you do," Mr Lartey said while
encouraging the players to do well this year too.
The headmaster also stressed the need for fair play as injuries will not
augur well for the students. The prempeh.org inter-house soccer competition
kicks off on Tuesday with a match between Opoku Ware and Ramseyer.
