Lady Captain Elizabeth Essel-Koomson
All is set for this year’s Achimota Golf Club Ladies tournament code named ‘The Pink Cup’ for breast cancer awareness at the club this weekend, organisers of the competition have stated. Tee-off is between 6:30 and 11am.
The 18-Hole annual competition is designed to support the Breast Cancer Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
And with a cool rate of GH¢300 as entry fee, about hundred golfers are expected to participate in the expected keenly-contested event.
Lady Captain of Achimota Golf Club, Mrs. Elizabeth Essel-Koomson said ahead of the competition, “We’ve always had Breast Cancer Awareness tournaments. Our late Lady Captain for the year 2010, Nana Bema Tachie, who was a victim of breast cancer, started the awareness of breast cancer on a bigger scale and started giving donations from our tournaments to the Breast Cancer section at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to assist victims who could not afford payments for their treatment. The late Nana Bema Tachie succumbed to Breast Cancer last year.”
She added, “My Past Lady Captain Christine Furler took it up seriously and we continued to assist victims. My team and I are taking it a notch higher by raising funds during this Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month, by playing golf and raising money to buy some needed equipment in addition to supporting some victims.
“We even have a survivor in our team to help us talk about how to overcome the ordeal. My Secretary Treasurer Dr. Adriana Ignea and all other committee members are working tirelessly to secure all the sponsorship we can get to support the project.
“Our other team members who are working hard to make the day successful are Vastie Amoafo Yeboah, Competitions Secretary, Isha Danso, our survivor who beat Breast Cancer, Jan Vogel, the General Manager of Achimota Golf Club and Maud Agbolete, who is coordinating for the day, and the entire membership of Achimota Golf Club is in support.”
At stake are attractive prizes for golfers who will distinguish themselves.
From The Sports Desk