The battle lines have been drawn for the best four in the male and female categories of the ongoing McDan West African Tennis Open.
The stage has reached when and where the best set their minds on the prizes at stake.
The winner of the tournament takes home a whooping cash prize of $ 3,000 plus sponsors products after the grand finale on Saturday.
This year the sponsors include McDan Shipping & Logistics, GNPC, Twellium (Rush Energy Drink), Cocobod and AFWEST Security.
The top four doing battle in the female division are Angel Macleod versus Lizzy Airhunmwunde in an all Nigeria affair. Sarah Adegoke of Nigeria also faces Emma Cudjoe of Ghana.
In the male division, Felix Hounkpevi of Benin will battle hot favourite Jeff Bagerbaseh of Ghana, before top seed Thomas Sethidji from Togo meets Ghana’s Wisdom Na- Adjrago
Many fans watching the tournament are predicting a Thomas Setodji versus Japheth Zeus Bagerbaseh final – and they are sure the Togolese top-seed Setodji can win on Saturday.
Shipping and Logistics giants McDan Group of Companies has added yet a memento to its trophy collections. The established shipping and logistics firm picked three Awards in the prestigious Ghana Shippers Awards recently held in Accra. The works of the Group chairman Dr Daniel McKorley in the year under review(2017) attracted organizers of the event attention, and consequently adjudged him as the best entrepreneur.
Additionally, the company shrugged off stiff competition from recognized companies to win the Brand of the year Award as well as Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility.
Head of Sales and Marketing of McDan Shipping Company Limited, Mr Obodai Sai in a post-event interview said \” We have always stood for excellence, and will continue to set high standards in the industry. Certainly, this will urge us on to go the extra mile. Of course, team work with inspiration from our great leader-Dr McKorley played a key role in this feat.”
The Ghana Shippers Awards provides a platform to recognise individuals and companies that play significant role in the growth and development of this industry, while recognising the key functions with the industry that promote growth and sustainability.
Dr Daniel McKorley
This year’s Awards was on the theme “Recognizing achievement in the shipping industry”. The McDan Group having supported countless entities and individuals from education, through sports to the arts has become a household name.
Six movement and logistics companies namely Bollore Transport and Logistics, Stellar Logistics, Freight Consult, DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding as well as Mcdan Shipping Company took part in the tournament.
All six participating teams were split into two groups with Group A comprising DHL Express, DHLGlobal Forwarding and Bollore Transports and Logistics while Stellar Logistics, Mcdan and Freight Consult made up Group B.
At the end of the group phase, DHL Express, Global Forwarding, Stellar Logistics and Mcdan advanced to the semi-final stage.
But the final was between McDan and Stellar Logistics. The game was highly competitive but Mcdan made the most of their chances to claim the trophy with a 2-0 victory.
La Kakramadu will face La Court in the crucial final, and it will be an
So far, it had been an exciting tournament invented by one Mr. Adjetey Adjei aka Dormon.
All the eight participating teams received an appearance fee of hundred and fifty cedis, jerseys and balls. The winning team will take home $1,000, a giant trophy plus medals with the
Some of the teams that participated are La Aviation Stars, La Court Stars, Salem Stars, La Kakramadu XI,
Dr. Daniel McKorley, CEO of McDan Group of Companies, a sports enthusiast, philanthropist and peace lover who believes in peace is sponsoring the tournament which has been attracting big crowd
He has urged Ghanaians to practice and preach peace so that people will understand each other and not fight or insult during the elections. “We cannot kill ourselves just because of elections” he expressed.
Dr. Mackorley advised people to vote early, but leave the polling station and go and do something profitable, when it is time for the results, they can go and listen and live in peace again.
He said
The two semifinals saw the attendance of Parliamentary Candidates of the NDC Hon. Nii Amasa Namoale and Vincent Sowah Odotei of the NPP.
The two strong contenders for the La Dade Kotopon seat in Parliament have been invited to grace the grand finale.
Players of La Court and La Kakramadu want to impress their fans, so there is much at stake, like bragging rights and the tag of
So far, Ben Asare, goalkeeper of La Court has pulled some dramatic saves in the penalty shootout and has won the hearts of many spectators.
Adjetey Adjei aka Dormon congratulated the fans and supporters for their discipline and urged the finalists to put up a good show as they may earn
Source: modernghana.com
MacDan Shipping Company Limited, providers of logistics support to all who require shipping services, has established a $450,000 Moot Court for the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Faculty of Law.
The facility, which is the first in Ghana and in the West African sub-region, was completed within a six-month period.
It is intended to be used by the law students to have practical experience in arguing cases while in school.
A moot court is a mock court when law students argue imaginary cases for practice. Students also argue hypothetical cases which are mostly based on actual cases with some modifications as part of their training programme.
Honour and citation
The facility has been named after the Chief Executive Officer of the MacDan Group of Companies, Dr Daniel McKorley, who is also a former student of the school.
In addition to that, the GIMPA Faculty of Law also honoured him and the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood with special citations in recognition of their contributions to the development of the Law Faculty in particular and Ghana in general.
Dr McKorley’s, citation read in part, “…your quest for partnership has seen you support worthy causes that nurture sectional and national aspirations towards the grand goal. Your devotion and belief in the goals of the Faculty of Law and the larger GIMPA are the reasons for your endowment of the first-ever Moot Court in Ghana, a feat that only further testifies to your enduring legacy and standing.”
“Having distinguished yourself in business, you have shown yourself truly committed to the national cause. Your promotion of many goals and values today sees you at the frontiers of the march towards maintaining and improving on GIMPA’s value of excellence and institutional actualisation,…congratulations,” it said.
Will continue to support
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Dr McKorley said the decision to put up the facility was as a result of the increasing number of people practising law in the country.
He said with such an encouraging figure, there was the need for students to have a real feel of a court setting while in school so that they could become better professionals in the future.
Additionally, he said the moot court was a necessary feature in any law institution just like other academic disciplines to enable the student to practice alongside their theory.
“This will provide students an opportunity to gain courtroom experience, which will enable them to build their presentation, argumentation and communication skills”, he said.
He expressed the hope that the establishment of the facility would promote legal education and improve the judiciary and legal systems in Ghana.
Tema XI defeated Teshie XI 1-0 to book a date with La XI in the finals of the McDan Ga-Adangme Homowo Unity Cup scheduled for December 3 at the La Park.
The Harbour boys scored the only goal of the match in the dying minutes of the first half through Isaac Amoah after dominating and creating several chances.
Teshie came back strongly in the second half but were unable to find the back of the net.
All is now set for the two best teams in the competition to square off in the grand finale on Sunday with Tema promising to quash La’s host and win ambitions.
Speaking after the game, Tema goal scorer, Amoah expressed confidence in his team’s ability to emerge victorious in the final to win the ultimate trophy.
“We have a very strong attacking force and we are certain to get the goals against La and take the trophy to Tema,” he stated.
The former AshantiGold player added
Tema defender, Kenneth Owusu said, they would make some additions to the team as they look forward to a very tough game.
Secretary of the Organising Committee of the competition, Daniel Koney was pleased with the level of discipline and professionalism displayed by players and spectators.
The winner of the tournament would walk away with a trophy and a cash prize while the first and second
Individual awards including the top goalscorer, the best defender and the most disciplined team would be given to deserving individuals and team.
Source: http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh
