{"id":463682,"date":"2011-07-19T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T06:04:32","slug":"ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Fa, Medeama Eulogize Departing Goldfields Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"65\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-35200\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss\/bas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/BAS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Turner (left) in a handshake with ex-Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Ghana FA and Medeama Sporting Club have heaped praises on out-going Managing Director for Goldfields Peter Turner for his commitment to football funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turner, who doubles as Executive Vice President of West Africa Region, took over an existing sponsorship deal between the mining giants and the Black Stars and saw to its execution.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Ghana in 2008 when he was appointed Vice President of Operations.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana FA vice-president Fred Pappoe, ex-Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah and Deputy GFA General Secretary Isaac Addo were at the farewell dinner on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Pappoe said: \u201cNow that you going back South Africa and getting close to the decision makers, we hope you will answer our calls when we come knocking on your doors.<\/p>\n<p>Goldfields\u2019 sponsorship since 2005 has been described as the turning point in Ghana two consecutive Fifa World Cup appearances in 2006 and 2010<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-35201\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss\/bas-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35201\" title=\"BAS-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/BAS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Medeama president (left) and Peter Turner in a handshake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tarkwa-based Medeama SC, a Premier League side, also announced a sponsorship deal with Goldfields in May.<\/p>\n<p>The team finished fourth in their debut season in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>At the ceremony, Club president Moses Armah, Board Member Lawyer Larbi Amoah and the club\u2019s spokesperson Ebenezer Aidoo presented autographed new kits for next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-fa-medeama-eulogize-departing-goldfields-boss\/\" title=\"Ghana Fa, Medeama Eulogize Departing Goldfields Boss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Fa, Medeama Eulogize Departing Goldfields Boss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Peter Turner (left) in a handshake with ex-Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah The Ghana FA and Medeama Sporting Club have heaped praises on out-going Managing Director for Goldfields Peter Turner for his commitment to football funding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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