The Australian High Commission and mining firm Africa Mining Service last Saturday made a cash donation of GHC29,000 to the Citizens Hockey Club towards this year’s Inter School Hockey Fiesta.

At a brief ceremony held at the Theodosia Okoe Hockey pitch in Accra, the Australian High Commission and Africa Mining Service presented GHC9,000 and GHC20,000 cheques respectively for the games scheduled for June 15 to 16 .

The Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Andrew Barnes in a short address remarked that he is excited with the progress of hockey in the country and expressed the hope that the gesture will aid the development of the sport.

“We are proud and privileged to be associated with both the Citizens International Hockey club and the inter-schools hockey tournament. We want to thank the Citizens for including us in this initiative and we congratulate them for their tremendous effort to help promote hockey in Ghana.

"AMS happen to be the major sponsors of the Australian Hockey Women’s team, the Hockeyroos, so we hope this would be the start of a great relationship between Australian Hockey and Ghana Hockey,’’ His Excellency Barnes stated.

The Corporate Administrative Manager of AMS, Adelaide Boye expressed her delight over the union which she reckons will be of great benefit to the sport.

"AMS is very proud to be associated with hockey and we are happy to be part of the resurgence of hockey in country.

"The donation AMS is making today, is coming from the Australian International Hockey Team, who are called the hockeyroos. We want see our donation go a long way to help the sports and we remain hopeful of continuing this partnership,’’ she said.

16 schools from the Greater Accra Region, Central Region, Eastern Region, Western Region and the Volta Region are expected to compete in this year’s hockey fiesta.

This year’s inter-school hockey fiesta is organised by Citizens International Hockey Club and supported by AMS, AHC, Ghana Revenue Authority, Ghana Gas, Everpure, Ghana Chamber of Mines, So Klin, Samsang and Multichoice many among others.