NYG 2023: Team Anambra Scores High In Screening Exercise
The level of Anambra contingent compliance to age regulations for the National Youth Games has been described as excellent.
Olu Sule, Consultant to Anambra Sports Development Commission said this in an interview at the conclusion of the screening exercise Friday night.
Olu said Anambra had come to compete fair and clean given that the games was essentially a development programme.
He commended the Sports Commission chairman, Patrick Estate Onyedum for insisting that the bulk of athletes in the team should be those that were discovered at the School Sports Festival held in June.
He said while it was important that state won, they should also help the Federal Government achieve the purpose of the youth games which was developmental by ensuring that athletes of the right age were presented for competitions.
“I must tell you, this is one of the best screening results has got and also one of the best in this competition, I am particularly impressed.
“Out of the 128 children we presented, about 97 percent made it and the very few that didn’t make it were due to errors which we are still trying to correct,” he said.
Sule said the morale in Anambra camp was high and that athletes and coaches were ready to do the state proud.
He said “Solution Kids, like we call them, are ready, we are appreciative to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo for the support he has given us ahead of this Games’
The 7th National Youth Games started on Sept. 20 and would end on Sept.30.
Anambra would take part in 18 events – Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Chess, Cricket, Gymnastics, Judo, Karate, Rugby, Scrabble, Swimming, Taekwondo, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, Weightlifting and Wushu Kung-Fu.
