Sports
U-17 Youth Festival: Zonal Elimination Holds Nov 9
The zonal elimination
of the maiden edition of the National Under-17 Youth Festival scheduled to hold December 5, this year in Abuja is expected to kick off on November 9.
The HOD, Coaching, Rivers State Sports, Evangelist Ezekiel Ordu, who disclosed this last Monday in an interview with Tidesports said that about four teams from the state would participant at zonal elimination billed to hold in Calabar, Cross River State.
Teams to participate include Basketball, Handball, Football and Volleyball.
Meanwhile, 14 sporting associations which approved for competition include Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Football Handball and Squash.
Others are para-power lifting, table tennis, tackwando, field/ track event, volley ball, weight lifting and wrestling.
Team Rivers is in the same zone with Cross River, Akwa-Ibom and Imo State at the Calabar zonal headquarters.