HOCKEY NEWS

                                                           HOCKEY NEWS

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION WORLD LEAGUE ROUND ONE, WHICH WILL BE HOSTED BY GHANA WILL HIT OFF TODAY AT THE NATIONAL HOCKEY PITCH IN ACCRA. THE THREE DAY TOURNAMENT WILL SEE, THE GHANA NATIONAL HOCKEY TEAM, THE BLACK STICKS WILL LOG HORNS WITH THEIR NIGERIAN COUNTERPARTS LATER IN THE EVENING. THE HEAD COACH OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY TEAM, WINFRED SACKEY SAID, "THE TEAM HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN WEEKS NOW AND HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE". THE BUILD UP TO THIS TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN SWIFT AND SUCCESSFUL AND COACH SACKEY IS OPTIMISTIC AHEAD OF THE THREE DAY TOURNAMENT. COACH SACKEY REITERATED THAT, HIS TEAM IS READY.

FIXTURES FOR THE HOCKEY WORLD LEAGUE ROUND 1

1ST ROUND BOBIN.

7TH SEPTEMBER 2012, 6:15 PM

GHANA VERSUS NIGERIA

2ND ROUND ROBIN

8TH SEPTEMBER 2012, 6:15 PM

EGYPT VERSUS NIGERIA

3RD ROUND ROBIN

9TH SEPTEMBER 2012, 4:15 PM

GHANA VERSUS EGYPT
                       
                                           
                                                                                                   BY: SAMUEL ANSAH BARNOR