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#BetwayUp: Football and basketball teams receive support in Central Region

Fentuo TahirubyFentuo Tahiru
March 27, 2021
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Local sports teams in the Central Region, have received various forms of support through Betway’s community support program, Betway Up, which was introduced with the aim of uplifting sports teams in Ghana.

The teams, which comprised football and basketball teams, were drawn from towns in the Central Region. The were taken through training sessions on sports science, coaching and fitness and received equipment donation from Betway. The equipment  included balls, shin guards, bibs among others.

The community outreach in Cape Coast is the latest activity in the ‘Betway Up’ initiative, which  extended support to amputee teams in its inaugural programme last month.

Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah took participants through sessions on coaching advice and training

Betway ambassador and former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah, with support from Elmina Sharks head coach Odartey Lamptey and basketball coach Meme Falconer, took participants through a session on ‘Coaching Advice and Training” while Dr. Imam Abdul-Moomin led the session on “Sports Science”.

Apart from the classroom deliveries, the teams were also taken through practical sessions at the Glow Camp Soccer Academy football pitch and the Nfantsipim Basketball Court.

Speaking to the media after the programme, country Marketing Manager for Betway Ghana, Kwabena Oppong-Nkrumah, reiterating the bookmaking giant’s commitment to promoting sports development in the country.

“For us at Betway, we’ve always believed in supporting sports development, and that has been the main thrust of our CSR activities.

“A lot of the programmes we are doing here today is to empower them at the grassroots lift. Typically, these projects are only seen at the national team level but we have seen the need to bring in down to the communities.

“We hope to keep this going and a lot more communities will benefit from this initiative,” he said.

Many other communities are are expected to benefit from the “Betway Up” initiative, which is the betting company’s main CSR drive for the year 2021.

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