The Chief of Office Staff to former District 11 Representative candidate, Thomas Tweh, has described the performances of high school athletes that participated in the just ended Original Country Man (OCM) handball tournament as a boost for the athletes’ skill development.
Christopher Vonziah spoke recently to the media at the Sports Commission during the tuning over of certificates and trophies to deserving champions and athletes of the tournament on Broad Street.
He explained that the tournament was sponsored by Dr. Tweh after he was contacted by officials of the Liberia National Handball Association (LNHA) to help sponsor their association’s high school handball tournament and he assured them of his sponsorship to the tournament annually.
Vonziah said, “Dr. Tweh, in time back, was written by the LNHA to help them in terms of sponsorship because they are having the passion to promote the game of handball and they have come to seek sponsorship from him and that Mr. Tweh is a man who loves sports therefore, he decided to help them in sports development and summited a budget of US$3, 500 per year that would be used by the LNHA to run this particular sports and so that amount was used for the just ended tournament while Tweh assured them of his continual support.”
In the female category of the tournament, St. James Foundation were crowned champions after she dumped Bright Foundation 9 goals to 6 while Matilda Newport wiped N. V. Massaquoi 22 goals to 20 in the male category.
The third-place trophy were given to N. V. Massaquoi after Sims Community School failed to show up in the female category while ST. James Foundation School won the male third place trophy after Gibraltar Public School failed to honor their game.
St. James goalkeeper Hawa Varney won the best goalkeeper award while Faith Nyumah of Bright Foundation walked away with the highest goal scorer award with 13 goals.
Easter J. Flomo of Foundation School won the MVP award in the female category while the male category award went to Ansu Kamara of N. V. Massaquoi, Amos Teah Matilda Newport carried the highest goal scoring award with 35 goals while the best goalkeeper award went to Sekou A. Sesay also from Newport.
