Dutch Sports Brand ‘Masita’ Partners RSDF, Throws Weight Behind Flying Officers Cup

at the fore, with Vivian Konadu, Elizabeth Owusuaa, Princella Adubea and Nina Norshie delighting the crowd with their skills and invention. The damage could have invariably been greater if not for the alertness and agility of Cameroon’s goalkeeper Gabrielle Bawow Ange. With an admirable warrior in the person of Captain Portia Boakye at the rear and launching attacks with her long thrusts, Ghana settled quickly into the game and Adubea, a picture of pace and power, coming close as early as the 7th minute. Cameroon’s Aboudi Onguene churned out a number of interesting crosses from the left flank, which went begging for utilization. In the 20th minute, on the counter, Nina Norshie bent the ball too much as she closed in on goal and Cameroon again got momentary respite. Claudia Dabaa came close to scoring against the run of play in the 27th minute, but her jab from a corner kick was intercepted by Gladys Amfobea with goalkeeper Dumehasi Fafali at sea. Ten minutes later, Bawow Ange invented a reflex save that stopped Konadu’s bullet header from going in, and two minutes before recess, Adubea’s ferocious shot from the edge of the box was parried for a corner. In the second half, Adubea, ever a handful, escaped the offside trap and schemed past the goalkeeper but the ball drifted away. However, on the hour mark, the nifty forward teased two defenders and scored by chipping the ball to the goalkeeper’s blind side from a counter-attack. Boakye, bulwark at the rear and threatening going forward, tested the goalkeeper with a chip from 20 yards that drifted narrowly wide in the 73rd minute, and nine minutes later, Cameroon’s Bella Rose shot sky-high right inside the six-yard box. A minute to full time, Adubea, left to her own device on another quick counter, found Konadu, who took on three defenders drifting into a shooting position before firing past hapless Bawow Ange. Cameroon finished the tournament on a big low, but Ghana would be happy to have put behind them the horrendous 3-0 trouncing by South Africa’s Bafana

Bafana on Day 3.

One of Europe’s biggest Sports Equipment brand, Masita on Monday in far-away Holland gave it’s backing to the biggest Women Football Preseason

Championship in Africa, the Flying Officers Cup. The Dutch Sportswear brand stamped their endorsement on the Women’s Preseason Championship when the President of Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) President, Barrister Paul Edeh was received at their head office in Mastritch, Holland on Monday. Masita was founded in 1933 by the Mass family from Sittard and focus mainly on the trade and processing of sportswear, kitting clubs like Fortuna Sittard, Guinea National Team, Kiyovu Sports Rwanda, Mees Palace Football Academy Jos, Namungo Tanzania, KMV Tanzania, Wakriya Guinea and the many more.

While receiving Barrister Paul Edeh, the Chief Executive Officer of the top European Sportswear, Kurt Molin was full of praises for Edeh, who he said has invested massively into the growth of women’s football in Nigeria and Africa. The top executive further went on to say that a partnership deal between Masita and Ratels Sports Development Foundation is on the verge of getting sealed. “We are thrilled to enter into a relationship with Ratels Sports Development Foundation and Naija Ratels, a promising and ambitious Club and we hope that this strategic partnership allows us to work closely with the club as they enter into this next phase . “We have read a lot about what Ratels Sports Development Foundation are doing with women football in Nigeria and are proud to receive the President of the Foundation, Barrister Paul Edeh to our head office here in Holland. “We are highly satisfied with all these achievements and are ready to partner with the foundation on their numerous programmes including the upcoming Flying Officers Cup. “Masita look forward to a great partnership and also confident that we can always get the best from this agreement. “We are proud to be kit sponsor of the club in the forthcoming Women’s League season in Nigeria.” Also in the meeting in Holland was Former Super Eagles and South Korea Men National team