New Training Grounds Handed Over To Hearts Of Oak

Sports pitch experts, Green Grass Technology (GGT), last Saturday, handed over a newly constructed training grounds to Accra Hearts of Oak football club at Kpobiman, in the Greater Accra Region.

The 100,000 dollar training grounds, which started last year

through funding from Osam Petroleum, will now serve as the permanent

training grounds for the club, after years of shuttling between

national Lotteries Park, University of Ghana and the Accra Technical

Training Centre (ATTC).

Mr Frank Boahene, Chief Executive of GGT, who handed over the

pitch to the Board of Directors of the club at a ceremony at Kpobiman,

described the pitch as a quality one that meets international

standards, a hallmark of his outfit.

He said the new training pitch meets the required international

standards because it was constructed with modern pitch construction

technologies.

According to Boahene, the club will however need to undertake

regular maintenance to ensure that the pitch remains in the best of

shapes.

Mr Emmanuel M. Commodore-Mensah, Chairman of the Board of

Directors of the Club, said the club has come a long way in acquiring

its own training grounds and described it a step towards achieving

greater heights.

He said this will bring an end to their long search for a

permanent training ground and improve the performance of the playing

body.

Commodore-Mensah stated that, plans are in place to construct

another training pitch on the vast land, which was acquired by the

club about ten years ago.

He said the second training pitch, which will be sponsored by

head line sponsors; MTN Ghana will ease the pressure on the present

one. The Board Chairman said, the club plans to build a modern hostel

facility, aimed at keeping the players closer to the training grounds

and called on the supporters and other stakeholders to support them in

achieving the targets.

Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe expressed satisfaction with the quality

of the pitch and was confident it will boost the morale of the players

and enhance their delivery in matches.

He however noted that the quality of players recruited by the

club in recent times do not have the needed quality and loyalty to

deliver.

Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe said as the club gears up for the transfer

market, the Recruitment Committee must ensure that quality players,

whose loyalty to the club cannot be questioned, are recruited for the

coming season.

He said “that is the only way we can regain our glory on the

local and international scene”.

Source: GNA