By Emmanuel
Asante Attakora, GNA
Accra, Aug.22, GNA – Ultimate Fitness Palace,
a sports wellness and fitness center has launched the second edition of the Osu
Homowo Sports Festival aimed at encouraging the youth to inculcate the habit of
exercise into their daily lives.
The sports festival launched at the Osu
Ebenezer Hall in Accra, which is
scheduled from 29th August, 2018 to 8th September, 2018
would see sporting activities spanning from soccer, taekwondo, body building,
weightlifting, including a health walk and aerobics competition.
Mr Arnold Aryee, Chief Executive Officer,
Ultimate Fitness Palace noted in an interview with GNA Sports that the sporting
festival, which would have about eight U-13 soccer teams, would also breathe
life into the youth who are our future leaders and heroes in terms of sports.
“With the inclusion of the U-13 football gala,
the young players would benefit a lot, because it would set the tone for them
for their future plans, since we would have two scouts to monitor and watch out
for potential players”.
According to him the taekwondo is also
expected to draw a lot of athletes to the festival to engage each other for
laurels with the bodybuilding and weightlifting billed to be another sports
that would attract a lot of people.
“With poor or meagre motivation for
bodybuilders and weightlifters after hectic trainings and regimes, we are
changing the face of that sports by giving handsome cash prizes and appearance
fees for all participants.
“We are going to have the Men’s Physique and
Masters in the bodybuilding event, with a ‘MR GH Strong Man competition’ and MR
GH Flex’ Championship in the weightlifting event, where the bodybuilding would
have the light weight, middle weight and heavy weight events”.
The bodybuilding and weightlifting is slated
for the Accra sports stadium, with the football gala at the Osu Salem Park.
GNA