RSBA Organises All Comers B’Ball Competition In PH …As 10 Teams Eye Trophy

Ten teams are jostling to win the first basketball competition organised by Rivers State Basketball Association (RSBA) tagged ‘Come Lets Ball.”
The four-days all comers Basketball competition, is currently holding at Basketball Court, Old Port Harcourt Township.
Speaking at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, on Monday, the chairman of the association, Musa Kida, said the competition was among promises made during their inauguration as board members, as regards to grassroots sports development.
The chairman, who is also the President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), explained that apart from grassroots sports development, to discover new talents, the tournament was geared towards preparing Team Rivers (basketball) for the forthcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to hold next month in Edo State
One of the board members and coordinator of DA-F basketball foundation, Fubara Onyanabo, who represented the chairman, further revealed that in no distant time, they would host FIBA, organise referee clinic, in Port Harcourt.
“This event was to hold last year but due to the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic, it was shifted to hold this year.
Our focal point for this competition is grassroots sports development, but it is also to help our basketball teams prepare and fit for the forthcoming be NSF,” Kida said.
According to him, they have basketball progr-ammes lineup this year in the State, saying the competition would be an annual event.
“We have many programmes in kitty, very soon three on three street basketballs and it will go round the South South states,” he stated

By: Tonye Orabere