Athletics News of Sunday, 14 March 2021
Resource: GNA
2021-03-14
75-yr-aged former Ghanaian boxer and bronze medalist, Prince Amartey
Club 50, a Ho-centered social Club has donated toiletries, sanitary products, and an undisclosed sum of revenue to Mr. Prince Amartey, a 75-calendar year-old former Ghanaian boxer and bronze medalist.
Mr. Amartey won a bronze medal for Ghana in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer time Olympics in Munich.
Mr. Michael Avor, Chairman of the Club, who presented the goods, reported the former boxer was just one of the nation’s leading sportsmen, a function model and supply of pride to associates of the Club in the 1950s.
He said the Club experienced supported the previous medalist some previous couple many years and experienced been monitoring his well being for some time and determined to lengthen their aid.
Mr. E.K Adu, Household Head, gained the products on behalf of the boxer and expressed gratitude to the Club for their sort gesture and help.
The Club, which has been in existence for about 30 years is designed up of younger men born in the 50s and centered in Ho with the intention of having treatment of themselves, elderly, weak and the unwell and also fascinated in the progress of Ho and Ghana.
Mr. Avor was accompanied by Mr. Dickson Kofi Pi-Bansa and Mr. Harry Biscoff members of the Club.
