Over Hundred Pupils To Feature In Gabel Judo Training.

Over one hundred Primary school pupils from Oyo State will participate in the maiden edition of Gabel Youth Judo Training Camp slated for Ibadan, Oyo - State, in a date yet to be fixed.

According to the camp initiator, Oteje Olugbenga Abel, the exercise which is a Judo grassroot programme, is geared at re-introducing Judo to the sport to Primary Schools pupils with the view of exposing the kids to the basic rudiments of the sport.

Oteje, explained that the camp would be handled by Coach, Dickson Egbewon, a former National coach that took Team Nigeria to the Athens Olympic Games and Coach, Ewa Ekuta, a member of the coaching crew to the All African Games in Algiers.

Oteje, who is a seasoned judoka that has represented Nigeria at different international meets and games, such as the Commonwealth Games,African championships, Lagos International tournament, British open Judo tournament, has also featured in many national champions for several years as a Lagos state athlete.

The camp iniator,said the Oyo State Ministry of Education the state's Universal Basic Education Board to make available primary schools pupils for the clinic as former chairman of Lagos State Sports Council, Deji Tinubu and Chairman of Lagos State Scrabble Association, Dayo Alao, among sports philanthropists who are supporting the project. 

While thanking Nestle Nigeria Plc and other corporate bodies that are supporting the programme with their products,Oteje, believed, that the camp would help to build new crop of Judo athletes who could be Nigeria's and Africa's future champions