Speculation Is Over: Soccer Peace Pledge Competition Is Finally
Launched
January 10, 2005
"The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) wants to
see football taken from the field to the community," an Executive
Committee member of the Liberian Football Association (LFA), Alexander
Jaeploe has disclosed at a ceremony when he officially launched the
Inter schools Sports Association (ISSA) soccer Peace Pledge essay
competition.
At the well-attended and colorful ceremony at the Sports Commission on
Broad Street recently, Mr. Jaeploe said FIFA was deeply concerned
about decentralizing football from the soccer pitch to the community.
He indicated that fairplay was very crucial to the development of the
game, and as such, the Soccer Peace Pledge Essay Competition
significant was a program intended to help the process.
Mr. Alexander Jaeploe is a representative of the Academia at the
executive level of Liberia Football Association.
He also said if fairplay must be achieved in footballing, the
inhabitants of the community, especially the students should take the
lead by taking part in such competition.
The academic representative on the LFA Executive Committee further
pointed out that the issue of fairplay was good for everybody in
keeping morality society.
Commenting further, Mr. Jaeploe said this is the time school
principals as well as sport directors of various learning institutions
should use the opportunity to encourage the students to fully
participate in the month-long Soccer Peace Pledge Essay Competition so
as to help ensure that fairplay is achieved in the country through
sports.
Also speaking, the head for the National Association of Liberia
Schools Principals (NALSP), Denial Towalib, described such competition
as great and encouraging.
Mr. Towalib said unity would be enhanced in the community and society
at large when the inhabitants of the various communities, especially
the students, who are the future leaders, are fair at home and at
school.
The NALSP head further point out that the National Associations of
Liberian School Principals will fully support such initiative as mean
of achieving its objective.
He further urged all Students to be part of such a great initiative
for benefit of all Liberians.
Earlier, the President of the Inter Schools Sports Association (ISSA),
Mr. Joseph Willie outlined the significance of the Soccer Peace Pledge
Essay Competition.
He said the essay competition is geared toward creating key massages
that would be used at all football games to guide players observe FIFA
fairplay.
It is in this direction, according to him, that the participating
students will exhibit good essay writing, which is expected to
highlight peace massages.
Moreover, Mr. Willie said the best peace essay would be selected as
the Soccer Peace Pledge, and would be recited at all football games in
the country.
Several attractive prizes have already been earmarked for winners.
First prizewinner will walk away with L$10,000; second winner would
receive L$7,000 and third would be awarded LD$5,000 respectively.
The Soccer Peace Pledge Competition is sponsored by the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Liberia Transition
Initiative (LTI) in collaboration with the Liberia Football
Association (LFA).
Meanwhile ISSA has disclosed that its 2004-2005 championship in
kickball and football would climax on Wednesday at the Antoinette
Tubman Stadium (ATS).
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