Athletics training workshop for 65 schools Masters Games heat up in Gombe State

Following his desire to develop athletic talents in Gombe State, the Chairman of Gombe State Athletics Association (GAA), Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe, has planned a 3-day intensive capacity building training workshop for 65 secondary school game masters in Gombe State.

The workshop which is being held in preparation for the upcoming Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics Championships will be held from July 1 to 3 at the Gombe State University Hall.

The Training and Coaching workshop will also prepare the School Games Masters, the Main Organizing Committee and the subcommittees to achieve total and effective results during the Athletics competition.

A press release signed by the Technical Director to the MOC President, Simon Ayuba, stated that high calibre individuals have been recruited to update the attendees on handling events, rules, equipment, terminologies and general guidelines of modern athletics including media during competitions.
The 3-day training and capacity building workshop is conducted in collaboration with Green White Green (GWG) Centre Limited with the overall motive of recruiting athletic talents while they are young.

GAA President Hon. Gara Gombe said in a separate interview that the programme was initiated to mitigate and grow athletic talents in Gombe and the North Eastern states at large.

“It is disheartening that the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has selected 40 athletes to represent the country in Douala, Cameroon, and only 2% of athletes from the North have made it to the team.”

“This trend must be stopped because it is not good. Talents capable of representing Nigeria in overseas competitions should be sought from all over Nigeria and we have taken up the challenge. The North used to have abundant talents in the past, today, it is athletes from Delta, Edo, Lagos or Ondo states that dominate Nigeria’s team for the Paris Olympics,” fumed Gombe.

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