Sports
More coaches, less officials
Amateur boxers in Nigeria have come out with a request for more coaches than officials during overseas trips.According to the boxers "there is need for an increased number of coaches to accompany boxers on overseas trips".
Outlining reasons why they preferred more coaches than officials, the boxers said when one boxer is fighting other coaches would be getting the others ready for their bouts.
The boxers who had just returned from trips to Niger Republic and Romania further accused the officials of a nonchalant attitude.
They alleged that an empty First Aid Box was taken to Niamey and Romania - a situation which left the entire team helpless when some of them felt sick.
According to the boxers, the cat was let out of the bag when some of the boxers were indisposed owing to severe weather conditions and when they requested for drugs, the medical doctor informed them that there was no drug in the First Aid Box. The boxers further explained that when they lodged complaints to the officials they were simply told to "manage".
The boxers also accused the officials of starving them on their way back home emphasising that they waited for eight hours at the Paris Airport without food and only ate in the plane.
Courses for coaches end
The second of a series of courses being organized for coaches of the various disciplines of sports by the Ghana National Sports Council, (NSC) has ended at the Winneba Specialist Training College (STC).Two lecturers from the Soviet Union assisted by Ghanaian lecturers lectured more than 40 colts football, volleyball and athletics coaches on the rudiments of the three sports disciplines during the one-month residential course.
Mr Sam A Nelson, Under Secretary for Youth and Sports, who performed the closing ceremony expressed confidence that the participants were going back, equipped with modern techniques for their various sports.
Mr Nelson told the participants that as they had been awarded certificates, which would only put them in a better position, they should also aim to coach properly and improvise day by day so that they got the satisfaction they wanted in performance of their work.
German coach to help Wise
A West German soccer coach, Alfred Kaluza has returned to Ghana to begin a coaching contract with Sekondi Eleven Wise. Coach Kaluza who was in the country in March for a 10-day assessment tour told newsmen that he was not going to change the style of play of Wise but improve upon their goal scoring ability. He said Wise are a very polished side, "they play good football but their problem lies in goal scoring and this is the area I shall tackle very seriously".The coach who said he brought with him a lot of video tapes on goal scoring techniques to help him in his work hoped that with the cooperation of the players it would not take him long to transform the team into a winsome side.
Until his new appointment coach Kaluza was the manager of Third Division S.V. Lurup, Hamburg of West Germany.
Entries for athletics championship
The Amateur Athletic Association of Nigeria has called for entries for the All Nigeria Senior Open Athletics Championship scheduled for Ibadan from June 20 to 22.Entry forms which are available in all AAA's state offices for clubs and individuals are expected to be returned to the Secretary, AAAN by May 31, 1985.
The National Association will be responsible for board and lodging of eight female athletes from each state based on clubs selection.
The Association will also be responsible for the 20 invited Junior athletes (boys and girls) selected on merit from all over Nigeria for a period of 3 nights.
The states will be responsible for transportation of all athletes to and from Ibadan.
Boxer arrested for fighting
Light Welterweight William Azanor was arrested by the police at the premises of the National Institute for Sports for fighting.Azanor vented his spleen on teammate Joseph Oke, a light middle, over an alleged 2 naira row.
Azanor's anger was sparked off by the non-payment of the allowances of boxers in camp.
Is professional football ripe?
"Is Nigeria ripe for professional football?" This will be the theme of a seminar to be held on May 28 by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) at the National Institute for Sports, Surulere, Lagos.Mr Lat Ogunmade, president of the association said discussants representing various interested groups in the country would feature at the seminar which will be the first to be held by the newly elected executive.
Snooker in Accra
Najib Rashid of Artificial Leather Factory, Kumasi won a special snooker competition organized at the Ghana Social Club, formerly Syrian Club. Rashid beat top player Faye Ange by three games to one in the finals.More than 12 players took part in the exciting competition including Nadim Bitar, Elias Khahi, Riad Hulaby, Faissai Majdoub, Wahib Souki, Salah Harry Saad Tirkmany, Mohamed Idris, Peter Rady and Nassib Azar.
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