Edo 2020: Team Rivers Goes To Camp, Thursday

In a bid to to compete favourably and supersede records created at the 18th National Sports Festival, (NSF), Team Rivers has concluded arrangements to go into camping to further enhance its preparation for the task ahead.
The Head Coach, Rivers State Karate Association,  Yahcob Davied disclosed this yesterday, in an interview with Tidesports in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the Acting  Director of Rivers State Sports Council, Mildred   Hart,  and the Festival consultant, Mr, Sonny gave the direction last week, saying that coaches should get their teams together for camping to further prepare for the “EDO 2020” NSF.
He explained that a new date has been decided  for the 19th National Sports Festival  tagged “EDO 2020”, following the decision taken at the meeting held last week in Delta State by the various State Directors of Sports and the National Council on Sports.
Davied said that it was also, decided at the meeting that the fiesta would witness two sets, as sports would be split into two groups in oder to comply with COVID -19 rules, saying that, the two groups would take turns to participate in the competition.
He noted that the idea of reducing athletes is not good and may affect the  medals chances of the teams.
“ I am not comfortable with the idea of reducing the number of athletes preparing for the Festival, l picked 16 athletes for the Festival and it was reduced to four, l do not get it. That is not good. It might affect our winning chances,” Davied said.
.Meanwhile, the Festival now holds  between 3 and 17 December, still in Edo State.
It would be recalled that Team River’s Karate won one gold and silver medals at the 2018 edition of the NSF.

By: Nancy Briggs