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Pre-May Hockey Festival Launched with Mini Tournament

The highly anticipated Pre-May Hockey Festival was officially launched at Academic City on March 1, 2025, with a mini tournament that kicked off the festivities. The event, organized by MR KOJO LUMOUR AMEYE, aims to promote hockey among schools and provide a platform for young hockey players not to just showcase their skills but to compete and unite hockey lovers and players.

A total of five (5) schools participated in the launch, including UNIVERSITY of GHANA (UG), GHANA INSTITUTE of MANAGEMENT and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (GIMPA), PRESBYTERIAN BOYS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AKOSOMBO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL and ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL(AIS).
The participating schools showcased their teams and demonstrated their skills in the mini tournament organized that day.

During the launch, MR KOJO LUMOUR AMEYE highlighted key aspects of the festival, including the, main aim of the Pre-May Hockey Festival, He made a statement that “this event wasn’t just launched to come and make happy it all came about to showcase talent and to make hockey a common and well known sport like football”. MR LUMOUR expressed excitement about the event and emphasized its importance in developing hockey talent among young hockey players.

The Pre-May Hockey Festival is made possible through the support of Top Choco and Verna Mineral water, who have generously contributed to the event. Their backing underscores the growing interest in hockey and the potential for young athletes to excel in the sport.

The festival took place from the 10:00am to 3:00pm, with matches scheduled throughout the duration. Fans and supporters attended this great event and cheered on their favorite teams.

The launch ceremony set the tone for what promised to be an exciting event, we wish to see you at the MAY HOCKEY FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.

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Ball and Sticks in collaboration with Harrow Sports (USA) is set to organise the maiden edition of the Triangular Inter-College Hockey Games on Saturday, October 26 at the SOS College, Tema.

The competition is in preparation for the Hockey Accelerate Tournament which falls under the May Hockey Festival scheduled to take place from 1st to 31st May, 2025, at various locations in the country.

The three colleges to compete in the triangular tournament on Saturday are, Legacy Girls College, Hope College and the host college, SOS College.

The second event is scheduled for January 2025, a Triangular Inter-Tertiary Games between Ashesi University, Academic City, and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

The Triangular games are events as part of several activities planned in preparation of the May Hockey Festivals, a month long program aimed at creating awareness and promoting Hockey.

1M4H (1 Million 4 Hockey) project, the mother project of which the May Hockey Festival falls under. It is targeted at growing hockey so to have 1 Million people participating and following the sport across the nation.

Ball and Stick is focusing primarily on growing hockey in schools as our contribution to augment the efforts of the State Institution responsible for Hockey (Ghana Hockey Association).

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As announced during the Hockey Youth Empowerment Summit (the Trinity Edition at the Ghana International School (GIS) in May 2023), this year 2024, we are devoting the entire month of May for hockey promotion. This year’s event is dubbed May Hockey Festival. This festival will start from 1st May with a launch and will end 31st May. It is packed with activities taking place in Accra and in some selected regions of Ghana. The May Hockey Festival 2024 is intended to widen the reach of hockey, increase participation and promote adherence to International Hockey Federation (FIH) goals. The Festival will acknowledge *efforts of the past and celebrate the hope for the future. As an organization, we are confident that Ghanaians will fall in love with Hockey and will never look back. This is a fortune we are boldly committed to finding. Tomorrow is far, the future is today and it is now. Details coming soon!!!

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Hockey and Hope 2024

B&S YOU (Ball & Stick Young Officiating Umpire) is one of several initiatives under our 1M4H (1 Million 4 Hockey) project. B&S YOU is focused on training female students in schools in becoming Umpires.

This program is designed to attract lots of girls/ladies into Hockey, a sport, highly dominated by males and to allow students to officiate their own matches and tournaments.

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ENGAGE Student Talents (EST):
This August, some international schools in the capital Accra will enjoy holistic Field Hockey activity as part of Ball and Stick’s Grow the Game project, which is in support to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) vision of increasing hockey participation and followings. Read more

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