Over 1000 kids compete in Gombe inter-primary athletics
About 1,017 pupils in Gombe are competing in the maiden Inter-Primary Schools Athletics championship in the state.
The tournament — sponsored by Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara, the chairman of the Gombe State Athletics Association — is held at the Pantami Stadium.
The maiden competition, which also has boys and girls from 47 schools in attendance, began with the 100m heat.
During the opening ceremony, the kids marched past Mohammed Kolo Bajoga as the permanent secretary of Gombe state’s ministry of sports took the salute.
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Among other dignitaries that also attended the event are Zainab Adamu, the state’s sports commission director; and Abubakar Baba Abdullahi, the local education secretary.
Highlight of Day 2 of the athletics competition on Sunday will be the 50m egg and sack race (boys), 200m (boys and girls) semi-finals, 50m bottle race for girls and 400m bicycle race for boys.
The organisers of the four-day competition, which ends on July 12, said the target is to begin the process that would produce world athletic stars for Nigeria in the near future.
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