Bombers’ camping conditions worsen
The captain of the Black Bombers, Suleimanu Tetteh, is unhappy about the terrible conditions under which the team is currently camping ahead of their departure to Cameroun on Wednesday for their crucial Olympic qualifiers.
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According to him, despite visiting them to learn at first hand the conditions at the National Hockey Pitch, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has done nothing to change the situation.
Tetteh told the Graphic Sports in an interview on Sunday in Accra that the camping venue lacked basic services such as water and electricity.
“We have never had light ever since we came we sleep on the corridors and we are often at the mercy of mosquitoes.
“Physically we are fit and 80 per cent ready but psychologically we hope we would not be afflicted by malaria and other diseases,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Coach Daniel Latekwei Lartey is upbeat about the team’s chances despite the odds, insisting all is set for the team’s departure on Wednesday.
The president of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF), Gideon Quartey, corroborated the account of the Bombers captain, disclosing that “I purchased diesel for the generator but the lights are not stable and go off when it gets finished I think the most important issue is how to get funding from government to go to Cameroun”.
The eight boxers named to make the trip included light flyweight Suleimanu Tetteh, flyweights Akimos Annan Ampiah and Samatu Quaye, bantamweight Waheed Omar, lightweight Jesse Lartey, welterweight Azumah Mohammed, middleweight Musa Rahman Lawson, heavyweight David Akankoli Bawa, UK-based super heavyweight, Emmanuel Sandama and welterweight, Raquel Miller.
