The Ghanaian National Championship planned to go Nationwide by the 206/2017 season, highlights president Ampofo Ankrah
Ghana Beach Soccer Association hinted at giving the Beach Soccer league a nationwide appeal by the 2016/17 season. The fastest developing sport in the country has been practiced mainly in the coastal areas of the country since its inception in 2011. The GBSA president, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah revealed plans of developing training pitches and match venues across all the ten regions by 2017.
The game is gradually attracting interest and patronage from Ghanaian sports fans and is threatening to compete with football for domestic attention within the next two years. The sport currently has 16 clubs competing for domestic honours in the Beach Soccer league.
Speaking on the plans his outfit has for Ghana Beach Soccer, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah expressed the need for the game to have a nationwide appeal in the near future: “Ghana Beach Soccer will be going nationwide in 2017. It is our plan to hit all the ten regions by then.”
