Accra, Dec 05, GNA – Mr Stephen Obeng Jnr, a Ghanaian student based in Norway, has donated more than 1,200 practice balls to support the Captain One Golf Society’s kids project ongoing in Ghana.
The Captain One Golf Society is a group of professional and non-professional golfers with the aim of developing the game of golf from the grassroots.
The kids project partners with the various golf clubs in the country to train underprivileged and vulnerable kids in the sport.
Speaking in an interview with the media, Mr Obeng Jnr explained that the balls were given to him by two other gentlemen, Anders Rein and Mohammed Ali Golrang who he played golf with.
He said he highlighted some challenges with golf in Ghana and they kindly donated some balls which were then shipped to Ghana.
He continued that “So I just looked for organisations in Ghana who were helping make golf accessible to the less privileged and I found Captain One. I Checked the Facebook and websites and saw what they were doing so I decided to get in touch and send the balls to them to assist the kids in training.”
Mr Obeng Jnr noted that the reason for donating the balls to Captain One was to contribute his quota in making golf accessible to less privileged kids.
He urged the kids to work hard on their education, play a lot of golf and stay out of trouble.
In a related department, Alhaji Gali, aka Godfather and Ahmed Padori of Akwaaba Golf UK also donated 500 practice balls to support the project.
On his part, the President and Founder of Captain One Golf Society, Pius Ayeh Appiah, thanked the donors for their support and assured them of utilising the balls to serve its intended purposes.
He mentioned that there had been a massive improvement with the kids as some of them have been officially given their handicap and have been rolled into the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi.
“Ayisha and Jennifer are currently some of our outstanding girls, their coach Yaw Barimah has done a good job on them, and they are winning competitions now. We hope the others will catch up so we can tell their success stories too,” he said.
Mr. Appiah noted that they would continue to give out their best for the project to give hope to the young talented but needy golfers.
The founder again appealed to corporate bodies, civil society organisations and individuals to also come on board to support the project.
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