By Francis Ofori
Takoradi, Sept 21, GNA – The Captain One Golf Society, a group of golfers and non-golfers in partnership with the Takoradi Sports Club held a mini launch of the Takoradi Kids Project, a programme set to train vulnerable kids in the game of golf.
The Captain One Golf Kids Project is focused on nurturing golf talents in the country while ensuring golf is introduced to kids in every golf club across the country.
The Takoradi Kids project will have kids from the Egyam Children Care Home and they would be trained by resident professional golfers of the club.
Mr Solomon Harvey, Competitions Secretary for Cpatain One Golf Society, who officially launched the project on begalf of the President and Founder of the Society, reiterated the importance of training new pool of talents for the future of the game.
He advised the kids to take their training seriously and adhere to the instructions from their coaches.
He mentioned some of the benefits of playing golf and urged the kids to take up the sport to get more opportunities.
Mr Harvey hinted of plans to launch the project across all the regions and train kids to play the game of golf.
“We have been organising our own tournament which includes the kids. And hopefully next year we will have one and by then you would have known the basics to compete.
“As you know, golf trains you to be punctual. We also get health benefits when we play golf,” he stressed.
In a speech read on his behalf, President of the Captain One Golf Society, Pius Ayeh Appiah, expressed excitement over the event saying, “Captain One always wanted to bring golf to everyone, especially children so they would capture the interest from the beginning and grow to become professionals.”
That he said, would also demystify the idea that golf belonged to the elite in society because the Kids Project offered the opportunity for children from different backgrounds to play.
Mr. Appiah noted that they will continue to give out their best for the project to give hope to the young talented but needy golfers and appealed to corporate bodies, civil society organisations and individuals to also come on board to support the project.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade