A
contingent of 214 athletes, 23 coaches will represent Team Lagos at the
2014 National Schools Sports Festival which takes place in Oturkpo and
Makurdi, Benue State from 6th-16th November.
Team
Lagos, according to the Director of Sports (DOS), Lagos State Sports
Council, Dr. Kweku Tandoh, will participate in 16 sports; Athletics,
Chess, Gymnastics, Scrabble, Golf, Badminton, Fives, Table Tennis,
Tennis, Judo, Karate, Teakwondo , Wrestling, Handball, Volleyball and
Cricket.
The DOS revealed
that Team Lagos features mostly athletes that participated at this
year's Lagos State Sports Festival tagged IBILE Games and the
Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Secondary Schools Games (DAWN
Games) hosted by Lagos State in May 2014.
In
a statement made available to newmen at the weekend by Bashir Agunloye,
Head, Press/Public Relations, Lagos State Sports Council, Dr. Tandoh
expressed his appreciation to Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and the
Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Wahid Enitan
Oshodi for facilitating the preparation and participation of the State
at this years NSSF Games.
"Our
athletes are in good shape for the 7th National Schools Sports Festival
as they have been training and participating in various competitions
since the beginning of the year. So we are expecting a good outing from
them in Benue State and I believe we will surpass the second position
recorded at the last School Sports Festival in 2013" said Tandoh, who
was the Secretary- General, Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Eko
2012 National Sports Festival.
It
would be recalled that Team Lagos won a total of 49 gold, 43 silver and
54 bronze medals to claim the second position at the 2013 edition held
in Ilorin, Kwara State. The team departs for Oturkpo on Thursday 6th
November.
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