National Javelin record holder, John Ampomah on Monday donated items worth thousands of cedis to the Wesley Senior High School in Konongo.
Ampomah extended his kind gesture to the second cycle school in the Asante Akim Central Municipal as part of his philanthropist project aimed at helping the underprivileged school in Sports.
The United States based Ghanaian athlete javelin thrower made an appreciable donation of twenty-two (22) pairs of track spikes to Wesley Senior High School earlier today whiles on summer holidays.
Ampomah holds the national javelin record of 83.09m since 2016 and made represented Ghana at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the captain of the Ghanaian team in Rio.
Speaking to the media at the short ceremony, Ampomah disclosed that his dream is to support school becoming a force to reckon with in the Ashanti Regional Inter School and Colleges Competitions and also to unearth talents to become nation heroes.
“I’m a native of Konongo who’s dream was realized with no technical support at the early stage of my javelin throwing career which informed my decision to embark on this donation to aid the school to unearth the numerous talents in Konongo and its environs,” Ampomah said
Headmaster of the school, Rev. Bright Osei who received the donation on behalf of school expressed his gratitude to the two-time SWAG Male Athlete of the Year for his kind gesture and promised that the school will make good use of the items at the Ashanti Regional Inter School and Colleges competition.
Rev. Osei also made a humble appeal to the general public and old students to the school with such items to attain sporting excellence after winning two gold medals at the 2014 Ashanti Regional Inter School and Colleges competition.
