By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
The Sierra Leone Football Association has on 18th February 2023 in Press Release confirmed that it has successfully secured two transformative Football projects from the Union of European Football ( UEFA Assist).
The project is the Football for Women and League Development Program booth which is part of the UEFA Assist Knowledge-Sharing program with a specific focus on operations and Football development in a spirit of friendship and Solidarity for the growth of the game around the world.
The implementation shall Kick-start with the League Development Program taking place from Monday the 27th of February to Friday the 3rd of March 2023 at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown. And the Football for Women Program on the other hand shall be implemented in June this year.
Sometime back in 2020 the Sierra Leone Football Association and UEFA signed a partnership deal to be assisting Football Development is Sierra Leone to meet international standards and help lift the Grassroots Football development in the Country.
The Sierra Leone Lawn Tennis Association will meet with Tennis Stakeholders on Saturday 25th February 2023 to resolve pending issues ahead of their Elective Congress next month.
The meeting is set to be held at the Lawn Tennis Complex lounge at Hill Station in Freetown at 3:pm.
The purpose of the meeting which is not an Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be for SLTA Executive Board to listen to any concerns members may have or need any clarification about the Elective Congress and other burning issues, and address or advice on those. It is clearly stated matters or issues with Constitutional amendments will be shelved to be addressed at the next AGM according.
Two weeks back the National Sports Authority held a meeting with some stakeholders of the Tennis Members to map out some prevailing issues that have been a concern ahead of the Sierra Leone Lawn Tennis Association.
It could be recalled that some members raised concerns that the President of the Tennis Association wants to go into a third term which according to them is not within the Constitution of Lawn Tennis as amended.
President Kelvin Ezekiel Kalie said what the Tennis members are saying is not true, because they are saying is far from the truth, because the amended constitution of 2019 is clear that a setting has the chance for the re-election of two terms and all members have agreed to it in an Annual General Meeting.
Sierra Leone Lawn Tennis Association is one of the Sporting disciplines that have brought laurels to the country, a few years back the President and some Executive members commissioned a new Lawn Tennis Court in Mankeni North East of the Country to help the players with more playing facilities.