{"id":242864,"date":"2024-10-31T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/31\/joysports-invitational-well-win-even-more-laurels-next-year-npa\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:15:55","slug":"joysports-invitational-well-win-even-more-laurels-next-year-npa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/31\/joysports-invitational-well-win-even-more-laurels-next-year-npa\/","title":{"rendered":"JoySports Invitational: We&#8217;ll win even more laurels next year &#8211; NPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sena Akoto-Ampaw, a human resource practitioner at the National Petroleum Authority, has attributed the NPA&#8217;s success at the JoySports Invitational, to the excellent training regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With four gold medals, NPA emerged as the overall winners of this year\u2019s JoySports Invitational Tournament held at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on JoyPrime on Thursday morning, Akoto Ampaw said their success at the event was the result of their hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032629444 lazyload ewww_webp_lazy_load\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-31-at-13.36.05.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" data-eio-rwidth=\"800\" data-eio-rheight=\"593\" src-webp=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-31-at-13.36.05.jpeg.webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-31-at-13.36.05.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032629444\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>It was all joy on Saturday night for staff of NPA as they secured the biggest medal haul at the JoySports Invitational <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2018We do not wait for competitions before we train. We train all year round. Our current training program was originally supposed to be a 52 week program but it was reviewed to 48 weeks. That means always every week of the year, we train&#8221; Sena Akoto-Ampaw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Akoto-Ampaw also thanked the NPA\u2019s management for their continued support and pledged to win more laurels next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2018We excel because at NPA, staff and employee welfare is priority. Whenever there is a proposal regarding employee welfare, Dr. Mustapha Hamid treats it with the urgency it deserves and makes sure the matter is addressed.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2018We have started training in other disciplines, like pickle ball. So the other teams should get ready. We are primed for even more laurels next year. Watch out for us.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPA won gold medals in table tennis (both male and female), tennis, and tug of peace events at this year\u2019s JoySports Invitational Tournament.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sena Akoto-Ampaw, a human resource practitioner at the National Petroleum Authority, has attributed the NPA&#8217;s success at the JoySports Invitational, to the excellent training regime. 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