The much-anticipated playoff between Bolga Ghatel Ladies and Volta Amalgamated Ladies to determine who survives in the National Women’s League has been deferred upon request by the Bolgatanga-based club.
According to A1Radio checks, the game had been scheduled for April 7, but Ghatel Ladies requested for its deferment on the back drop that about 80% of their players would be partaking in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The maiden women’s league was played in two zones – the Northern and Southern Zones – which saw both clubs emerged second from the bottom in each zone and per the regulations; the winner of the playoff retains its status while the loser joins the other two relegated clubs.
The Deputy Public Relations Officer for the Bolgatanga-based club, Humu Kusum Tahiru, said that most of their players were occupied with the ongoing WASSCE, which had even forced the team to halt training programmes to give the players enough room to prepare.
“We registered about 20 players and as at now, 11 are writing both the BECE and WASSCE and about five are also still in school preparing to write their terminal examination,” Tahiru told Goal.com Ghana.
“It has even affected our training programs; forcing us to break them so they have ample time for their examination. We are not happy breaking them but their education is equally important as well,” she said.
“This was the reason why we requested for the game to be deferred.”
She further stated that their primary objective was to ensure that they add education to the football skills of their players to serve as a backup for them as they enhance their football career.
“Our primary objective is to ensure that every player of ours gains formal education, on the basis that not everyone would make it in football so the education could serve as a backup should the unforeseen happens,” she added.
The game has been deferred until further notice but A1Radio understands it may take place in the middle of May at the Accra Sports Stadium.
By: Shiva Oppong Banahene |A1Radioonline.com | Ghana
