Saturday 25 June 2016

Overview of the 2016 Phoenix Life Weightlifting Media Seminar

The 1st Phoenix Life Weightlifting Media Seminar ended very successful at Accra Sports Stadium as numerous sports journalist where educated on how to impact on the development of sports in Ghana.


WEIGHTLIFTING SEMINAR 1


In attendance was the President of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF) Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah, Youth and Sports Minister Honorable Nii Lantey Vanderpuye ,Dr.Kwaku Ofosu Asare,The General Secretary of GWF Mr. Husseni Akueteh Addy,and GWF communications Director Mr Charles Osei Asibe who graced the occasion.


The Sports Minister in his speech praised the initiative of the GWF for their efforts in the educating the new generation of sports journalist who lacked the in-depth knowledge of accurately disseminating information to the public in their reportage.


He said “Sports is a discipline,and because is a discipline it has it own characteristics, so you need to understand the ‘head’, stomach, and the ‘tail; of the sports,because you cannot transport the language of football into athletics and the same way you cant do same with other sports”.


“So if you want to be a professional you need to be abreast with the characteristics of that discipline,” he ended.


Dr. Asare in his lecture reiterated the role sports journalist play in impacting on the overall development of the sports in Ghana.He highlighted on the various component that assesses the impact and various recommendations that will help thrive the development of sports


WEIGHTLIFTING SEMINAR 2


Mr Nunoo Mensah in his lecture also highlighted on the need for sports branding and used how the success of weightlifting and cricket in Ghana as a case study. He went on to discuss the various techniques tha accounted for success of this two brands.


 


The Seminar ended with Mr. Husseni demonstrating various technicalities that accompanies weightlifting as a sports which was very helpful to numerous sports journalist who lacked the technical know in their reportage of the sports.


 


This year’s maiden  event was sponsored by  Phoenix Life Assurance Company a subsidiary of CDH Holdings.



Overview of the 2016 Phoenix Life Weightlifting Media Seminar

No comments:

Post a Comment