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A Wrap of the Ridge City Women’s Football Initiative

The Ridge City Women’s Football Initiative sponsored by The Embassy of Switzerland in Ghana ended yesterday at the Mary Mother of Good Counsel School with a Mini Tournament.

The four month series of programs began with the program, Branding in Women’s Football which was spearheaded by the Co-Founder of Ridge City Women Football Club, Cyril Gockel. This program took women’s football enthusiasts as well as female footballers through the various aspects of branding and marketing in football such as the need for social media presence and the importance of branding in the world of football.

The Laws of the Ghana Game facilitated by Frank Delali Awutey was the second program in the initiative and was based on major FIFA laws in football and the new changes made in football. Experienced coach, Coach Eric Antwi took participants through a 5-week coaching course dubbed Coaching 101. Certificates of participation were awarded to the young female coaches by the sponsors of the program.

Careers in Football, another initiative in the program, had a panel of women in sports sharing their career experiences with the audience and participants. Ghanaian International footballer, Jennifer Cudjoe had an interactive session with the players. Other panelists included, Akosua Amoo, Juliet Bawuah, Cleopatra Nsiah Nkatie and Susan Sarpomaa Owusu-Ansah

The finale of the initiative was a 7-a-side Mini Tournament of 4 teams with invited players from clubs all around Accra who came in support of the project and in the spirit of having fun.

The winning team, The Blue Team, won not only medals to signify their win but also gifts from Ambassador Philipp Stalder who also gave his closing remark expressing his gratitude for the success of the entire program.

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Women’s Football Initiative-Laws of the Game

The Ridge City women’s football initiative program continued with Phrank Delali Awutey on laws of the Game on Friday 11th October at the Base camp East Legon and 18th October held on online.

He spoke to the audience on topics ranging from laws of the game on the field, Player status and Age cheating in women’s football.

Christine Burkhard and George Appiah were present from Swiss Embassy in Ghana to offer their support.

Part two of the program with Mr.Awutey was held online with participants asking questions via a Twitter Questions and Answer section before proceeding to the zoom section
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Faraday nets four goals against UPSA in GUSA games

Ridge City’s Forward “Faraday” who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in theatre arts at the University Of Ghana, Legon started the team’s first match against University of Professional Studies (UPSA) at the on-going GUSA Games hosted by the University Of Ghana.


Known for her hunger for goals, Fumey Kafui Dorcas, popularly known as “Faraday” converted a spot kick in the 10th minute to put her side in the lead, the second goal came in the 15th minute of the match.
Registering her presence in at this year’s games, “Faraday” spotted in her favorite number 10 jersey went on to score a hat trick in the first half of the match.


Scoring a total of four (4) goals to secure a comfortable 5:0 win for her side. The Ridge City Women FC striker aims at winning the trophy with her University Of Ghana female team and eyes the goal queen title at the end of the on-going GUSA GAMES.