Rivers Swimmers To Surpass 2012 NSF Record

As the 19th National
Sports Festival (NSF) gathers momentum, Rivers State canoeing Roaring and Yachting Association has been to told to double efforts in order surpass and defend the record established at the “Eko 2012” fiesta.
Coach of canoeing who is also the assistant coach of swimming, Eric Williams, gave the charge in an interview with Tidesports at the Alfred Diette-Spiff Sports Complex, Port Harcourt, recently.
He said that teams are fit and intact to face hurdles associated with the forth coming sports festival tagged “2014 Paradise Games”, scheduled to hold in Calabar, Cross River State.
He said that the teams recently returned from a competition christened open canoe race and swimming championship hosted by Lagos State.
The competition saw Rivers Dino Ebarak Umo clinched a gold medal in swimming while in the female competition Rivers State bagged fifth position.
He further explained that Rivers male team won gold in the canoeing competition while the female came fifth position.
Meanwhile, the Canoeing, Rearing and Swimming Federation (CRSF) has promised to give one canoe each to the participating states.
“The sport is mainly done by the Niger Deltan States, the canoe would be given to the six states within the Deltan region.