Other Sports of Monday, 28 February 2005

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Let's walk

The Visco walking club is due to launch a ?T? shirt in its quest to promote walking in Ghana and also to raise funds for its activities in the year. The theme for this event is LET?S WALK which is a borrowed concept from the IAAF image building for the sport was brought up by Susana Feitor of Portugal during the IAAF Race walking challenge series.

The club thought it wise to use LET?S WALK as its theme because it falls in line with its vision of developing the sport at all stages. The said ?T? shirt would be launched in Cape Coast on the 4th of March, 2005, after which a 10k walk would be staged to climax the ceremony. The ?T-shirt would be sold for an amount of 30,000 and 50,000 respectively. The aged, overweighed and youngest walkers and potential race walkers would be rewarded accordingly with products from Elephant Ointment, Energizer, Voltic and Parleys Biscuit. The event incidentally coincides with the Regional Health Service?s programme ?Health Walk?. The programme starts at exactly 6:00am.From Cape Coast, the ?T? shirt would be launched in all the other regions of the country. All those who are interested in taking part in the walk are advised to register with the various regional