After Receiving
1997 Championship Trophy:
Grand Kru County Appeals To Citizens In
The Diaspora
-To Enable It Successfully Partake In Natl. Sports Meet
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By Siebo Williams
3/ 19/ 2004 Monrovia-Grand Kru County was
the happy recipient of a giant size trophy won in 1997 as football
champions for the 1997 National Sports Meet on Friday, March 19, 2004
at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) during the official opening of
the 2004 National Sports Meet.
National Transitional Assembly Montserrado County representative, Ruth
Caesar presented the trophy to the County Sports Association chairman
Gbenimah Slopadoe, who later passed it on to the captain of the
football team and the players.
Grand Kru County was given the trophy food good because it waited
patiently for seven years to receive their trophy won in 1997.
Meanwhile, the County Sports Association Chairman, Gbenimah Slopadoe,
along with the County
Superintendent Isaac Nyema, County Sports Coordinator Karmoh
Weah and Team Manager W. Kofa KOnwro are appealing to Kru County
citizens in the Diaspora (United States, Europe, Asia, Australia &
Africa) to come to the aid of the county financially to enable it
compete successfully in the 2004 National Sports Meet which began on
Friday, March 19, 2004.
According to Mr. Slopadoe, the citizens back are not in the position
to support their sine they are still
picking up the broken after the 14 years of devastating war that sent
thousands of Liberians to
their early graves and into the Diaspora.
He said the people of Grand Kru county will be pleased and happy where
those in Diaspora, especially the United States and Europe to help
their county as she take on another challenge in the National Sports
Meet.
He disclosed that Grand Kru County has won the football trophy for
three times in the National Sports meet ranging from 1985, 1987 and
1977 respectively.
"WE the citizens are very proud of our county. These games will bring
happiness to our people despite the hardship they are going through at
the hands of rebels occupying the county. We can bring smiles to them
if we the football championship back to back in this year National
Sports Meet," he added.
Mr. Slopadoe has meanwhile released his email address and cell number
to those citizens of Grand Kru in the Diaspora that want to help their
county teams in the ongoing National Sports Meet.
He said contributors can email on how they can contribute through this
address
libpagency@yahoo.com or call him on cell number 37747-542452.
Grand Kru County is one of many counties in Liberia still not
accessible due to bad rood conditions on one hand and still under
rebel control on the other hand.
"Sports is all we have to make our citizens in Grand Kru happy. We are
therefore appealing to our citizens both at home and abroad to
contribute financially to enable us partake successfully," he
concluded.
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