Bahmed XI (Sunday Stars) failed to maintain their early lead when the football team of the Correctional Institute of the Prisons Services came from behind to hold them to a 3-3 thriller at the Prisons Park, Cantonments, in Accra yesterday.
Parading big shots like Nii Odartey Lamptey, recently named Eleven Wise deputy Coach, Emmanuel Armah ‘Senegal’, Sly Tetteh of Liberty Professionals fame, Hesse Odamtey, Alhaji Ahmed Bandoh, CEO of Bahmed Travels and Tours among others, scored two goals in the early part of the game through Major Tom from the US Embassy and Isaac Oppong.
But they failed to hold on to the lead, allowing the visitors to pull one back midway in the first half through Nii Teiko Hammond.
Nii Lamptey crowned his spectacular solo move with a third goal, but Teiko Hammond scored his personal second on the stroke of halftime.
Coach Richard Kudolo’s team threw more men into the game after recess, which paid off when Harry Cobbina connected home Teiko’s pass some few minutes after the break.
The game, which formed part of activities of the passing out of three of the junior Correctional inmates saw the major sponsor of the game, Bahmed Travel and Tours presenting the graduate with carpentry tools.
Madam Elizabeth King, head of the Senior Correctional Centre of the Prison’s Service thanked Alhaji Bandoh for the gesture, having donated a seed money of GH˘5,000 to the Correctional Centre, for the construction of a sports facility a few months ago. She noted that such gestures will not only unearth the talents of the inmates but will help reintegrate them into society.
The Deputy US Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sue K. Brown, on her part commended Alhaji Bandoh for the program, saying “Such programs help identify talents in society and the long term effect of helping to shape individuals and the society as a whole.”
Alhaji Bandoh thanked all who contributed in one way or the other to the success of the well patronized event.
