The ultimate batch of Ghana’s junior chess staff have arrived in Serbia, for the continuing 2025 FIDE World College Chess Championships.
The match commenced on March 21 in Japanese Europe, however some gamers from Ghana confronted journey challenges.
Nevertheless, with assist from the Danny Listing Basis, a non-governmental group devoted to serving to kids and younger adults to reinforce their expertise in sports activities, two gamers have joined the Staff Ghana and took part of their first group matches.
The gamers, Glenn Johnson Botwe and Alba Karina Quartey, are pupils of Jane Montessori College in Tse-Addo, Accra.
They earned their spots within the World Championship after qualifying in the course of the African trials held in Accra final yr and are acknowledged FIDE ID holders in chess.
The Colleges World Cup is a prestigious worldwide match that gathers high junior chess expertise from across the globe. This yr’s occasion has attracted over 700 younger gamers from 43 nationwide federations, competing in varied classes from U-7 to U-17, with separate occasions for ladies.
Madam Angela Listing, the Chairperson of the Danny Listing Basis, defined that the choice to sponsor Glenn, Alba, and their mom was pushed by the muse’s dedication to selling underfunded sports activities like chess as a method of youth growth.
Mr. Phil John Quartey, the daddy of the sponsored gamers and an Accra-based broadcast journalist, expressed gratitude to Madam Listing and the muse for his or her immediate help.
He additionally thanked TT Brothers Ghana Restricted and Consultants Seek the advice of Restricted for the assist.
Staff Ghana was led by President Philip Ameku.
BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER
