GHALCA outdoors "Top 4 Competition""

The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) on Thursdays launched a "top four club competition" aimed at sourcing additional revenue to support their programmes for division one and two clubs.

Launching the competition, Mr J.Y. Appiah, Chairman of GHALCA said the tournament would also be financially rewarding to clubs involved and also serve as a good pre-season exercise for the pending Premier League and CAF Clubs competitions, which start in March.

The GHALCA competition, which starts on Wednesday February 20 would involve Accra Hearts of Oak, Obuasi Goldfields, Tano Bofoakwa and Accra Liberty Professionals. Bofoakwa and Liberty who placed 5th and 6th respectively, in last year's Premier League gained entry after the withdrawal of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Dawu Youngsters.

The competition, which has total prize money of ?18 million would see the winner taking home ?10 million, ?5 million for the runner-up and ?3 million for the third position. Mr Appiah said aside of the prizes for the first three teams, the association would make available to participating clubs money to cater for their preparation and transportation. The round-robin tournament has Hearts taking on Liberty at the Accra Sports Stadium while Goldfields vie with Bofoakwa at the Len Clay Obuasi to kick-start it.