GREATER-ACCRA WINS AMATEUR BOXING TOURNEY (NSEMPA, BACK PAGE)

By Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah, Sunyani

A TWO-DAY inter-regional amateur boxing championship organised by the National Sports Council has ended at Sunyani, with the Greater Accra Region running away with seven gold medals to emerge winners.
Raphael Mensah, Isaac Sackey, Michael Offei Dodoo, Ben Lamptey, Ebenezer Sowah, Charles Azumah and Maxwell Amponsah, collected the gold medals for the winning team.
The Upper East Region took the second position with one gold through the efforts of Timothy Kumbono
Jessie Lartey from the Eastern Region won silver at bantamweight (54 kg) and in the featherweight (57kg), Nana Yaw Ofori from Eastern Region also won silver.
For the lightweight (60kg), Nathaniel Nukpe took silver with Kwadwo Yeboah from the Brong Ahafo Region picking up silver in that lightweight.
In the welterweight division (69kg), Ekor Vincent from the Volta Region took silver while Pin Vincent from the Ashanti Region also won silver in the middleweight division (75kg) with his colleague, Awudu Tampo collecting silver in the light heavyweight division (81kg).
Kofi Besse from the Brong Ahafo Region won silver in the 91kg heavyweight division.
In all, 16 participants in the tournament were presented with bronze medals.
They included Mustapha Mbebasi and Mohammed Issahako from the Upper West Region, Sampson Sulley, Ernest Kuruga and Paake Awe from the Western Region, Suleimana Mohammed and Fuseini Sadic from Northern Region and Kwasi Seribour, Abdul Majid Lawal and Stephen Mensah from the Eastern Region.
The rest were Anthony Mensah and Kwesi Annobil from the Central Region, Emmanuel Bonoweh, Klinza Womowomke and Moses Kaba from Upper East Region, Mohammed Issahako from the Upper West Region and Atiso Commando from the Volta Region.
The tournament, which was the second in a series, was organized to unearth boxing talents in various parts of the country and was also aimed at bringing sporting events of all types to the doorstep of the people. The first contest was held at Winneba in the Central Region last year.