The second edition of the LCB Worldwide Corporate Soccer tournament roared off over the weekend at the Tema Community 2 Mexico newly-constructed Astro turf.
Unlike last year’s tournament which saw eight corporate entities compete for the ultimate prize, this year’s tournament has seen the number of participants double to 16 companies.
The format for the tournament has also changed with two venues selected; thus, Tema Community 2 Mexico Astro turf and the MacDan Astro turf in La, Accra.
The eight-corporate institutions soccer league tournament is an initiative of LCB Worldwide Ghana, a company established to provide specialised consultancy and services to select group of governmental, NGO and private clients for all aspect of crisis prevention and management.
LCB Worldwide utilises its in-house technical know-how; human resources, latest cutting-edge equipment, chemicals as well as its financial resources to invest in the disinfection and decontamination of the world’s leading international container terminal ports and international airports without any financial burden to governments to have a more secure future for its citizens, as well as the future generation.
In an interview with the Times Sports prior to the start of the first match of the tournament, Edem Yaw King, an employee of the company, and the organiser of the tournament, noted that the rationale behind the corporate soccer tournament was to encourage learning, changing behaviour, and most importantly improving relationships within their working space.
He continued that it was also aimed at improving the health of employees of participating companies, adding that the continued stay in office without taking some time to exercise their bodies was likely to affect their health, thereby affecting productivity at their various places of work.
Mr King stated that in all 16 companies vying for the ultimate trophy, a cash sum of money and some medals for each player of the winning team, adding that there will be prizes for the top scorer as well as the best goalkeeper.
According to him, eight of the 16 teams will play at the Tema Community 2 Mexico Astro turf, while the other 8 will play their matches at the McDan Astro turf at La in Accra.
“I can tell you that the company which will emerge as the winner for the Tema zone will play the winner for the Accra zone in the grand finale so that we have a winner for LCB Worldwide Ghana 2023 winner,” Yaw King stated.
The companies and some state institutions registered to play in the Tema zone are Ghana Navy, Nick T-Scan, Pioneer Food and Cannery and Dignity Limited. The rest are Arasa Limited, GPHA branch of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Ghana Port Health Service.
Teams expected to feature in the Accra zone are Palace Mall, Swisssport, Aviance and the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders. Organisers of the tournament, LCB Worldwide and Coco Vanila are mentioned as the other teams which will join the aforementioned teams in the Accra zone.
Mr Demir Gokhan Kuran, the Country Manager for LCB Worldwide Ghana, was at the Tema Community 2 Mexico Astro turf to witness the launch together with some executives of the company, as he wished the teams well – encouraging them to exhibit sportsmanship during the tournament.
In the first game of the tournament, Ghana Fire Service thrashed Ghana Port Health Service 4-1, while Nick T-Scan lost to Dignity Limited 3-0.
