Sunyani Girls Beat Chiraa In Super Over To Win B/A Cricket Tourney

Sunyani district girls’ team went the extra mile to win the Brong Ahafo Regional U-13 Cricket tournament by 2 wickets in a ‘Super Over’ against Chiraa district.

The Tournament which was the first of its kind in the Brong Ahafo region had 4 districts participating with both girls and boys at the Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) on Wednesday, June 8.

Sunyani district after winning the toss, decided to field first which allowed Chiraa to scored, 85 runs, 3 wickets in 15 overs.

The game traveled to Super over after  Sunyani also made 85 runs, 8 wickets in 15 overs.

Chiraa then had their innings in the Super over and scored 8 runs, No wicket in 1 over while Sunyani made 9 runs, No wicket in 1 over, winning by the last ball.

The two finalist qualified for the finals after beating Nsoatre and Berekum respectively.

In the boys division, Nsoatre District defied all odds and made history after defeating Chiraa district by 8 runs, after the latter fielded first. Nsoatre scored 72 run, 4 wickets in 10 overs as against Chiraa’s 64 runs, 4 wickets in 10 overs.

The straight Knockout to finals saw the eventual winners, Nsoatre district beating Berekum while Sunyani district lost to Chiraa.

The tournament was witnessed by the Regional Education director, Regional PE Coordinator and teachers from the various schools in the region.

After the event,  Secretary of the Brong Ahafo Regional Cricket Association, Elijah Kwesi Yeboah expressed delight at the level of interest the children exhibited in the tournament to the extent that children didn’t want to close even after the matches have ended.

 

Sunyani Girls Beat Chiraa In Super Over To Win B/A Cricket Tourney

First Ever Inter Schools Cricket Competition Held In Obuasi

The Obuasi Municipal Circuit had their first ever Inter Basic School Cricket Competition last Thursday and Friday.

The two day competition, under the supervision of the Ghana Cricket Association (GCA), saw Anglican JHS boys beating five other schools to the top prize in the games that were played on an exclusive Cricket Pitch.

Teachers as well as Education officers were there to witness Cricket in its beautiful state and standard, as the GCA continues to enlarge the knowledge base of people about the game.

Because of time factor, 4 girls each were selected from Obuasi Presby JHS, Obuasi Anglican JHS and St. Joseph Catholic JHS, to form “Mission Girls” Team, while Obuasi Complex JHS, New Nsuta JHS and Kwabena Fori JHS also formed “Cluster Girls” Team.

Their straight finals therefore had Mission Girls winning by 8 Wickets, after fielding first. Cluster Girls made 84 runs, 5 wickets in 15 overs while Mission Girls made 86 runs, 2 wickets in 14.4 overs.

The boys had a straight knockout from the preliminary, after which Anglican JHS (87 runs, 6 wickets in 14.3 overs) beat St. Joseph JHS (86 runs, 6 wickets in 15 overs) by 4 wickets while Kwabena Fori JHS drew by.

Anglican although stressed from their previous game went ahead to defeat Kwabena Fori (79 runs, 5 wickets in 15 overs) by 6 wickets, making 80 runs 4 wickets in 13.3 overs.

Speaking to reporters after the event, Head Coach of the Obuasi Municipal Circuit, William Kanchoba expressed his delight for a successful completion.

“It was well organized, and it was very successful. It was also very competitive as some teachers from the various schools and officers from the Education office came to watch. It was very very nice, I don’t even know how to describe it”, Kanchoba said.

There was only one trophy for the girls which went to Mission Girls team but two trophies for the boys, with Anglican JHS lifting the giant of the trophies and Kwabena Fori receiving the runners up trophy.

 

 

First Ever Inter Schools Cricket Competition Held In Obuasi

GCA To Construct Cricket Oval In The Volta Region

The Ghana Cricket Association (GCA) has promised to construct a Cricket Oval in the Volta Region, should the region acquire a land for the facility.

The region has become the eye of Cricket in Ghana, and have won an award for developing the game despite doing their first ever introductory course in May 2015, after which they had first inter school competition in August under the supervision of the GCA.

They then had the opportunity to learn how to score and umpire the game in December 2015.

In the years 2016, they organized an Easter fun games which gave the GCA the opportunity to see the potential players and thus proposed the idea of a cricket pitch, should a land be acquired.

Henry Benjamin Ackom, the Cricket Operations officer of the GCA had talks with Togbe Howusu Palmas, who is the Chairman of the region and plans are underway.

The Ghana Cricket Association, and the International Cricket Council (ICC) their International body, is ready to do anything that will help develop and spread the game.

As the GCA awaits the readiness of the region to get the pitch done, Secretary of the region Victor Tetteh has confirmed that the Volta Region will continue to use the various parks for training.

“You know the pitch on which Cricket is played, we don’t have it here. It is only in Accra and Kumasi that we can find one.

“The Ghana Cricket Association is planning to build one for us here in Ho. So until that time, we will be using the normal parks to prepare our teams and for our training.

“We can then say we have our own Cricket pitch when the GCA fulfils their promise which I believe they would as and when we get the land”, Tetteh said in an interview.

The GCA already have pitches in Accra, Achimota and Obuasi, one in Volta will expand the catchment area of Cricket and it’s love by people.

GCA To Construct Cricket Oval In The Volta Region

North West African Cricket Conference T20 Invitational Tournament Postponed

The North West African Cricket Conference invitational tournament has been postponed again to June/July instead of its original April/May schedule due to the host, Nigeria’s engagement in ICC qualifiers.

The tournament which is for Seniors will be hosted by Nigeria but the postponement has been necessitated because the West African Country are preparing for an ICC WCL div 5 qualifiers at the farmers Cricket Club ground, in Saint Martin on May 21.

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) are therefore uncertain with a particular date for the tourney which will see Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Mali battle for the swiftest.

The Senior team of Ghana were supposed to have left the shores of the country on April 25 for the tournament which was originally scheduled to start on April 27.

However, Ghana’s National Cricket Team continue to train at the Achimota Cricket Oval in anticipation of the Tournament.

 

North West African Cricket Conference T20 Invitational Tournament Postponed

Cricket: Boys U-13 Hi-Performance Clinic Held In The Volta Region

The Hi performance Clinic for U-13 boys of the Volta Regional Cricket Association was held at the Ho Kpodzi Basic school park over the weekend.

The program which was put together by the Ghana Cricket Association in their quest to equip young boys with the necessary skills in Batting, Bowling and Fielding saw 40 boys from 3 communities in the Volta Region.

The Association expected 36 but had to register 40 due to the fact that, the excess number didn’t only show interest but have the capabilities of becoming great Cricket players and such ambitions can’t be dashed.

Eugene King and Lawrence Ahadzi with the help of the Volta Coaches took the boys through the necessary skills.

The Clinic will also help the Volta Association to form their regional team which will represent the region at inter regional tournaments in the future.

Addressing the media after the event, Cricket Development officer of the Ghana Cricket Association, Mr. Eugene King said that his outfit have achieved their purpose of letting the participating children realize the need to go on the extra mile to upgrade upon their skills.

“It’s the first ever Hi Performance for Volta and I will say, we have achieved our purpose. The children themselves have realized the need to go on the extra mile. They need to upgrade upon their skills to be able to challenge their colleagues in Accra and other parts of the country. So this is the beginning and they’ve realized that they have to apply the necessary skills and need to be serious”, he said.

“The Coaches and teachers, I have realized that, they need to give the children the right techniques so that they don’t deviate. If they don’t do that and the children learn the wrong thing, it becomes extremely difficult to correct them. So at this tender age, I think we need to spend time on them to teach them the right skills so that when they grow up, it will become easier for them to play the various strokes”, Mr. King added.

Cricket: Boys U-13 Hi-Performance Clinic Held In The Volta Region

Ghana Cricket: Volta Region To Host CAP II Course On Wednesday

The Volta Regional Cricket Association will be having their Cricket Administrators Program (CAP) Module II on Wednesday May 4 at the Regional Physical Education Office in Ho.

The 15 participants course will be centered on ‘Effective Meeting’ as participants had already gone through Community Cricket lessons in February.

The course will also be followed by a high performance for U-13 boys and girls competition on Thursday and Friday.

This is part measures for the formation of the regional team as pupils selected from the two-day competition will be groomed properly for future competition.

Speaking in an interview, Mr. Lawrence Ahadzi, the Facilitator for CAP said the Course has been designed to help improve the skills of Cricket Administrators.

“This course has been designed to improve the practical skills of cricket Administrators across the country. So this is a course which is in line with ICC Africa to actually educate people within the cricket fraternity about how meetings are held and how it should be done in a cricket friendly manner”, Mr. Ahadzi said.

The General Secretary of the Volta Regional Cricket Association, Mr. Victor Tetteh also expressed the region’s readiness for the course.

“We are very ready for the course. The participants are ready and have waited so long for the program. We will then have a clinic for selected players from schools to help form and regional team for boys and girls at the Mawuli football field. Friday, we’ll have mini games to help keep them active”

The Ghana Cricket Association will bounce back for the 3rd and 4th modules before the year ends.

Ghana Cricket: Volta Region To Host CAP II Course On Wednesday

Volta Region Awarded For Cricket Development

The Volta Regional Cricket Association have been awarded with a plague and certificate in recognition of developing the game of Cricket for the year 2015, on Saturday April 16.

The award which was presented by the President of the Ghana Cricket Association, Professor William Ampofo was received by the secretary on behalf of the region at a general meeting held in Accra.

Confirming the news, Mr. Victor Tetteh told TalksenseSports that he feels the region really deserves the award.

“We Have won a certificate and a plague and on it, it is written ‘In recognition towards the development of Cricket in Ghana. It is presented to Volta region as an Association. I feel so great, so excited because prior to the meeting, I felt as a region, we’ve not done enough this year but did a lot last year.”

The region had an ‘introductory to Cricket Coaching Course’ early last year and after that organized an inter School competition from primary to SHS.

They have also visited several other schools to introduce the game of cricket to them.

Furthermore, six Coaches from the Region successfully went through the level 1 coaching course organized in Accra, which proved to the mother body, the potential in Volta.

The meeting, which was held at the Noguchi Conference room in Legon was to assess and review the first quarter of the year and had representatives from all the 10 regions present.

Volta Region Awarded For Cricket Development