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Potential Talents Flood 12th DA-F B’Ball Holiday Camp
As the 2019 edition of the Rivers State Basketball Holiday Camping tagged DA-F basketball holiday camp/clinic commences more potential talents have been sighted for proper grooming ahead of future engagement.
A basketball Coach in the state, Dagogo Okumgba disclosed this yesterday during an exclusive interview with Tide sports in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the programme which is being organised by the Head Coach of the Rivers State Senior basketball Team, Fubara Oyanabo is aimed at discovering and grooming of potential talents from the grassroots.
“The programme is done annually and the main purpose is to discover new talents for the state and groom them for the future”, he said.
He however, said that potential talents have already been sighted, saying that at the end of the programme more would be discovered.
About 300 teenagers are in camp for the programme at the state’s basketball indoor court, situated at Niger Street, Port Harcourt.
He noted that the event which is used to discover talents has no doubt produced professional basketballers in time past and would continue to groom talents for the growth of the sports at the state, national and international levels.
“This programme had continued to produced professional players and would continue to as long as it is sustained. That is why it is held annually to ensure that the aim is well achieved,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the four-day programme which started Tuesday would end, today.