Dr Ben Asante retained as president of Ghana Hockey Association
By popular acclamation, the members of the Ghana Hockey Association has accepted the continuity of the leadership of Dr Ben KD Asante for the next four years.
This was witnessed by the media at the Theodosia Okoh National Hockey pitch on Saturday. He went unopposed.
Dr. Ben Asante, who doubles as the Chairman of the Citizens International Hockey Club, urged members of the Association to rally behind hockey and strive to seek for sponsorship for the association.
Madam Elizabeth King, Vice President, also went unopposed.
“On behalf of the board, I want to thank you all for the support for the last four years. It’s been an exciting journey with ups and downs.
“Our commitment towards funding should be looked at. Our development agenda has remained the same but our funding has not reached the mark that can help us execute all our plans,” he said.
“We still remain committed to develop our facilities and equipment, and also looking at our pillar number two, which is developing our personnel, not just the players, but rather the coaches and technical officials because we’re far behind.”
“Through the Poussey Washington Fund, our characters can live on and continue to make an impact after the show has come to an end.”
He reiterated that the Association’s commitment of funding has been a problem.
The main tool for purchase equipment, train coaches and enabling players to play at competitions has not been forthcoming, he noted.
The other members Mr. Kwame Owusu, Mr Albert Ofori, as honorary treasurer, while Mr. Frank Oti-Mensah and Grace Ankomah all went unopposed with two executive members of the association.
They were sworn in as the new executive members for a new four-year term.
The Association has successfully hosted two major international tournaments being the African Cup of Club Champions (ACCC) and Africa Cup of Nations in November, 2021 and January 2022 respectively.
In the ACCC, two Women Clubs from Ghana, GRA Ladies won Gold and Prisons Ladies, Bronze.
None of the men’s team made it to the medal zone.
In the ACN, Ghana hosted 15 participating teams from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Ghana’s female team sailed through to the finals but lost to South Africa, thereby winning silver.