{"id":422019,"date":"2017-09-25T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/upper-east-region-crowned-winners-of-national-goalball-championship\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:30:22","slug":"upper-east-region-crowned-winners-of-national-goalball-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/upper-east-region-crowned-winners-of-national-goalball-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper East region crowned winners of National GOALBALL Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/36186105.295.jpg\" alt=\"GOALBALL Championship.jpeg\" title=\"GOALBALL Championship.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"164\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>This year was the second edition of the competition after the first was held in Takoradi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506353422_516_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Upper East Region are the new Champions of the National GOALBALL Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Upper East were crowned Champions after beating Greater-Accra 9-5 in the finals played at the newly constructed Sports Hall at the University of Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The debutantes had progressed to the finals after defeating the Upper West Region in the semi-final clash.<\/p>\n<p>Upper East who were arguably one of the minors prior to the competition defied the odds to beat the tournament favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Greater-Accra looked to have snatched away the trophy in the first half as they led 3-1 but for a great came back from their counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>In other games, Upper West Region also win bronze after recording a 6-4 in over the Ashanti Region who came into the competition with high hopes.<\/p>\n<p>In the Women\u2019s division, Greater-Accra defended their title after escaping a scare from the Central Region following an 8-7 win.<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding players and teams were all rewarded with cash prizes and souvinors from the sponsors of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Last year winners Volta Region shockingly exited the competition at the early stages.<\/p>\n<p>This year was the second edition of the competition after the first was held in Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017 Source: ghanasportsonline.com 2017-09-25 This year was the second edition of the competition after the first was held in Takoradi &#13; Upper East Region are the new Champions of the National GOALBALL Championship. 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