Winners of the 2020 McDan Ga Adangme Peace and Unity tournament Osu have appealed through their head coach Samuel Nii Armah Hammond to Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr Daniel McKorley, to come to their aid in Osu and construct an AstroTurf at the Osu Salem park to help the area prosper in community-based sports to unearth more talents.
Osu were crowned champions after coming from a goal down to beat Dansoman 3-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in normal time, Coach Nii Amarh’ s men were stronger than their Dansoman counterparts as they overpowered them to victory.
“Asking about how am feeling now after winning the peace cup, I will say it’s a very big and great feeling for me. I can confidently say that I am particularly happy for the organization of this tournament because it brings the youth together and forester unity as well as instilling discipline in the Ga Dangme youth. My biggest request and appeal to Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr Daniel McKorley is we beg him to please come to the aide of the good people of Osu and build an AstroTurf at the Osu Salem park for us so that we can improve our community base sporting activities and to unearth more talents for mother Ghana.” he said.
The tournament was played over four weeks at the McDan La Town Park, which featured 16 teams from the Ga Adangme Communities across Greater Accra.
The final on Friday provided an atmosphere which can be described as electrifying, with officials of the match on the day led by Chairman of the McDan Group, Daniel McKorley, some dignitaries and ex-Ghana international Laryea Kington, gracing the grand occasion.
Dansoman after beating Nungua 1-0 in the semifinal hope to win the tournament against Osu in the final proper but things did go their way as they drew one all to push for a penalty.
The eventual winners Osu got a giant trophy, medals and $2000.
Dansoman came second and also got $1000 for their efforts.
Top goal scorer prize went to Dansoman as well as the best player and best goalkeeper of the tournament all of got 150$, 200$ and 200$ respectively.
Fair play team went to Dome Kwabenya who pocketed 200$.
After the event, Dr McKorley told the press how motivated he was and want to extend the competition to other regions of the country.
STORY BY JACOB NARH NORTAH
Twitter @NarhNortah
