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Milo Championship Gets Tip Off Date
The Kwara preliminaries for the 22nd edition of Nestle Milo Basketball Championship has been scheduled to tip off from March 14 to March 21, at the Ilorin stadium complex.
In a letter sent by the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development to the state basketball association, it said the championship would last for a week.
Secretary of the Kwara Basketball Association, Bello Azeez, confirmed that registration and submission of entry forms is ongoing, adding that the draw for the event and tip off has been earmarked for March 14.
He also explained that a capacity building workshop for coaches and game masters will feature in this year’s edition between March 18 to March 19.
It would be recalled that during the 2019 edition, University of Ilorin Secondary School came first ahead of St. Anthony in the boys category, while St. Charles defeated Queen Elizabeth School in the female category.