Over the weekend, the much anticipated football tournament, the 2nd edition of OMJ SoccerFest competition brought a great display sportsmanship, talents, honor and a great deal of excitement to the people of Akuapem South in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
The 12 team tournament saw Oboadaka (i.e., the host town) Aburi, Kitaase, Gyankama, Yaw Duodu, Nsakye, Pokrom, Ahwerease, Dunpong, Pakro, Berekusu and Konkonuru, the defending champions battle for the Golden prize.
The competition, which lasted for 2 days, saw Oboadaka, Aburi, Kitaase, and Konkonuru battled in the semifinals of the competition. The entire competition was climaxed with a cracker of game between Konkonuru, the defending champions, and Oboadaka, the host town for the tournament. Konkonuru triumph over Oboadaka by a lone goal from the penalty spot taken by skipper ABESIWA AGYIRI.
This has set Konkonuru as winners for the first two consecutive SoccerFest tournament for the Akuapem South, indicating their superiority in the subregion in terms of association football
Aside from the lifting of the ultimate trophy, all three prestigious individual performance awards (i.e Golden boot award, Golden Gloves award as well as the MVP award were received by ANTHONY KOOMSON, THOMAS KWABENA OSAE and THOMAS DUAH, all from Team Konkonuru respectively.
It is worth mentioning that the number 10 shirted little boy ABESIWA AGYRI , who was adjudged the most promising player contributed greatly to the succes of the team.
The quality of the event was evident by the personalities within the football fraternity who, by their knowledge and ideas, supported the project. Personalities such as Coach Vincent Abiw, Coach Barnnabas Awuni of WAFA, Coach Kartey of Mobile Phone FC, and a number of scouts, Football Coaches, Football Agents and football administrators, the media massed-up at the event at Oboadaka.
The event was graced and honoured by a number of dignitaries such as Prestigious Chiefs, Parliament Candidates for both NDC and NPP, Madam Lawrencia Adwoa and Mr. Eric Apeadu, respectively, Honourable Members within the Akuapem South municipality.
The CEO of OMJ Foundation, Mr. Osei Mensah presented the Golden Trophy to the reighing champions and encouraged them together with the other participating teams to work even harder ahead of the next SoccerFest competition to be announced soonest possible.
