First Bank basketball club of Nigeria will tomorrow move into a close camp in Akure, Ondo State to further strategise for the FIBA Africa Zone-3 qualifier holding in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The move according to the club's coaching crew is in a bid to make it to the final round of the Africa Champions Cup for Women slated for Tunisia next
First
Bank basketball club head coach, Adewumi Aderemi told our correspondent
that the team aim for this competition is to make it to the final round
and put up a big show with an eye for the title it won in 2003
(Mozambique) and 2009 (Benin).
The
Elephant Girls as the bankers are also known started the 2014 campaign
by reclaiming the Nigeria domestic title which has eluded it for four
seasons which made one of the two representatives that will fly Nigeria
flag at the Burkina Faso Zone-3 qualifier.
“We
are more determined this time around to see that we are not just
participants but contenders and we aim to qualify for the final round.
“We
have played second fiddle for too long and we really appreciate what
our management is doing for us and our desire to reciprocate their
gesture of good management towards our goals.
“We
will respect every team that have confirm their participation in the
FIBA Africa Zone-3 qualifier which comes up from October 20 through 29
and the final round billed for November in Tunisia.
“We
know our onions and what we can do to give our club and Nigeria good
representation so the reason why we are moving into close camp away from
distractions so that we can achieve our goal of being among the top
contender for the title.
“The
club continental competition is not new to us as a team and we will
present the best team ever with a mixture of young and experience
players who can compete for honours.
First
Bank and Dolphins basketball club will represent Nigeria at the Burkina
Faso Zone-3 qualifiers alongside other teams from the other seven FIBA
Africa Zone-3 nations.
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