Treasurer of the African Hockey Federation and Vice President of the Ghana Hockey Federation, Elizabeth Safoa King, has lamented the trouble least financed sports including hockey face in their attempts to secure sponsorship to fund their activities.
She said this in the presence of Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, when members of the Ghana Hockey Federation, Administrators at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and coaches and players of the GRA Female Hockey Team visited the Sports Minister.
The visit came on the back of the GRA Female Hockey Team winning the 2025 Africa for Club Championship; the win marks the team’s second Championship triumph in a row and Sports Minister commended the team for the tremendous triumph.
“We have the African Cup for Nations coming on in August and that qualifies us for the Commonwealth (Games in 2026)…so we also like to seek your support when we have something like that coming, a budget coming and see how best you can help us.”
“Going for sponsorship is a very difficult thing especially with the lesser known sports as it has been termed. It is sometimes difficult to be able to get sponsorship and therefore most often we will have to rely on the Ministry (Sports) to help us” King said.
GRA Female Hockey Team and Executives meet Sports Minister Kofi Adams after winning 2025 Africa for Club Championship#CitiSports pic.twitter.com/t8CVdXhru6
— Citi Sports (@CitiSportsGHA) February 26, 2025
