Ernst Middendorp joins Ghana Rugby COVID-19 Challenge

Former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak football club coach Ernst Middendorp joined the Ghana Rugby COVID-19 ‘stay safe, healthy and productive’ Challenge” issued by Ghana Rugby Association president, Herbert Mensah.

In his message to Ghana Rugby, Middendorp said that it is a difficult time for all involved in sport but that he has accepted the limitations that come with the pandemic.

“Stay at home, stay safe! On the other hand, there are so many things that one can do such as reading and writing,” Middendorp said.

Middendorp also hinted that he is working on his own biography and will use the lockdown time to try and finish it by the time the lockdown is lifted.

Middendorp was brought to Ghana when Mensah was Chairman of Kumasi Assante Kotoko F.C. in the period 1999 to 2003. Besides for supporting Mensah’s programme to lift Kotoko out of its dire situation in 1999, he was also appointed by Mensah to assist Hearts of Oak to win the first-ever Federation Cup.

The lockdown challenge by Mensah was inspired by a video clip sent to him by the president of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Ben Nunoo Mensah, as she showed how he uses the space in his house to do daily exercises.

In the challenge issued by Mensah he also again advised everybody to take extraordinary care and to “stay home and stay safe”.

Middendorp is currently in charge of Kaizer Chiefs who led the SA football Premiership by four points before the league was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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