Tema-Ghana, Aug. 7, GNA – The 2023 Petroleum Fun Games (PETFUN 2023) of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) gather3e momentum as the day approaches with the emergence of five strong camps to compete on August 26 at the Armed Forces Sports Complex, Burma Camp.
The five camps are; Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs); Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketing Companies (LPGMCs); Bulk Import, Distributing, and Export Companies (BIDECs); Tank Farms; and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).
Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Sports Desk information from the camps indicates that while the OMCs seek to dominate and pump more fuel into the game, the LPGMCs seek to withdraw gas from the system to suffocate the other teams through which they would climb to victory.
On the other hand, BIFDECs remind both the OMCs and LPGMCs that “you beat any of our teams at your own peril,” while the others scale up their bragging rights as the day approaches. Tanks Farms says they will not speak much but believe in action more than talk.
Meanwhile, the NPA has also issued a strong warning to all the teams: “Don’t forget, I am your regulator; if you disgrace me on the field, I will also get through to you one day”.
The GNA Tema Regional Sports Desk also picked up information that most of the Chief Executive Officers, group leaders, and executives are also preparing to storm the venue to offer their support to their various teams and renew their competition through games.
Now the stage is set for a fierce yet friendly competition at PETFUN 2023 as the teams will compete in swimming, Sack race, Tug of War, Draft, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Lime and Spoon, Playing Cards, Chewing of Apple, Ludo, and Football.
Information available to the Ghana News Agency’s Tema Regional Sports Desk indicates that most of the camps have engaged season coaches and set up secret training camps at Tema port, Kpone Laloi Beach, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Accra AfCFTA Secretariate, Aburi Botanical Gardens, Dodowa Forest, to prepare their various teams.
The thrilling events for PETFUN 2023 scheduled for Saturday, August 26, start from 06:15 hours to 17:00 hours at the Prestigious Armed Forces Sports Complex, Burma Camp.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Sports Desk, Mr. Tizard Ansah, AOMC Risk Management Officer and PETFUN 2023 Coordinator, said that the balloting has set the scene for teams to pursue the route to each of the eleven trophies at stake.
“Now that each OMCs, LPGMCs, BIDECs Tank Farms, and NPA is aware of their potential opponents and those who will stand in their way of winning a trophy, we anticipate a very keen but friendly competition,” Mr. Ansah said.
To add excitement and strategy, he noted that most teams were not only preparing for the various events, but are also planning their jama group to cheer for their individual teams to win.
Cheer groups, according to Mr. Ansah, have been a side attraction over the years, and “this year we expect supporters and cheerleaders to give us and their team something to enjoy.”
In a related development, Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Sports Desk has picked information that some major stakeholders in the industry, which include the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance, Bank of Ghana, and Energy Commission will be sending observers to monitor the fun games.
Others who would be monitoring the PETFUN 2023 closely are, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), and Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST).
