Robert Coleman honoured for contribution to ‘One Constituency, One AstroTurf’ initiative

The Chief Government Of­ficer of Wembley Sports activities Building Restricted, Robert Tetteh Coleman, has been honoured on the 2023 version of the Ghana Soccer Awards held on Sunday, June 26 on the Accra Worldwide Convention Centre.

He was honoured for his immense contribution in direction of soccer growth in Ghana by the institution of state-of-the-art AstroTurfs in communi­ties throughout the nation.

A quotation accompanying the award learn partly, “Wembley Sports activities Building, a reputation that has change into synonymous with the constructing of world class AstroTurfs throughout the nation. Your ‘One Constituency, One Astroturf’ drive is the explanation many communities and youth of this nation have a spot to hone their abilities.

“You might have offered, and contin­ue to take action, a vital infrastructure want that takes lots of the youth out of the road and in to a facility that shapes them for a greater fu­ture. With this Thumbs Up Award, the Board of the Ghana Soccer Awards says you deserve each push to succeed in the very high,” Board Chair of the GFA Karl Tufuoh mentioned.

Mr Coleman talking after the award expressed his appreciation for the popularity and the gesture prolonged to him by the organisers of the Ghana Soccer Awards.

“I’m very grateful for this award and it is a testomony that an indigenous firm is ready to set up state-of-the-art sporting infrastructure that meets interna­tional requirements. I want to additionally thank my complete group and employees that has labored with me by­out the years, I’m immensely grateful to them for his or her relenting assist,” Mr Coleman expressed.

“Now we have been capable of assemble about 350,000sq metres of Astro­Turfs throughout the nation and this testomony to our service supply for soccer growth for Gha­na, he added.

He additional referred to as for extra assist from related businesses in direction of the development of extra sporting services, infrastructure which might be used for multi-pur­pose actions reminiscent of recreation for teenagers and youngsters, funerals and different social gatherings.

As a part of efforts to enhance and keep sports activities inclusion and harness abilities within the nation, Wembley Sports activities has presently con­structed 4 synthetic pitches in Kotobabi, Dzorwulu, Accra Acad­emy and Nungua. This provides as much as the quite a few pitches constructed by the agency beneath the ‘One Dis­trict, One AstroTurf’ initiative.

The corporate which is credited for establishing near 50 out of the 100 AstroTurfs is the one one in Ghana which has been validated and accredited by FIFA.

Wembley Sports activities has additional or­ganised coaching periods and boot camps geared toward equipping each inside and exterior companions on the requirements required to assemble an AstroTurfs.

 BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER