Team Ghana has been invited to the Oceanics Championships in Kimberley, South Africa from 12-15 June 2025.
According to Mr. Emmanuel Olla Williams, an invitation has been sent to by the South African Tug-of-War Federation to all African countries to participate in the Oceanics Tug-of-War Championships that will be hosted in Kimberley, South Africa over the period 12-15 June 2025.
He said the Oceanic Championships will include the 11th edition of the African Championships. According to the programme, there will be Weigh-in &Training of Judges & Officials
The event is for 680kg Men & 500kg Women, 560kg Mix U/23, 640kg Men & 560kg Women, 600kg Mix & 600kg Men U/23, 580kg Men & 500kg Women U/23, 720kg Men & 520kg Women, 640kg Men, 560kg Women & 560kg Mix U/23, 600kg Mix & 500kg Women U/23, 720kg Men, 520kg Women & 600kg Men U/23
President: Anton Botha, Vice President: Barries Barnard and Secretary: Wanda Jonck will be pleased to see Team Ghana, as there will be no entry fees for teams participating at this event. Food & Cooldrink: Stalls will be available to purchase refreshments at the venue.
The venue will be the Kimberley Pirates Tug-of-War Sportsgrounds in Kimberley, South Africa.
Akroso Senior High Technical School from the Eastern Region represented Ghana’s Tug of War team and placed third at the last edition.
In spite of the nation’s first appearance, the students exceled at the 10th African Tug of War Championship in Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls.
The keenly-contested competition, held from June 19 to 22, drew teams from Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria and host Zimbabwe.
The President of the Ghana Tug of War Association, Emmanuel Ola Williams, commended the team for making Ghana proud, saying, “We are indeed proud of the team, we only made representation in the men 640kg, and look at the outcome. We believe with government and corporate support, we will go places.”
He thanked the MP and Chief of Staff who supported the trip for Akroso who will be at the competition again due to their high placing..
Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS and Koforidua Sec Tec are two other schools who will compete in the preliminaries to earn selection to the grand finals.
Mamfe Methodist are not leaving any chance to go and are preparing to make a mark.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
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