Benue U-18 girls basketball tourney dunks-off Jan 13
The Benue State Basketball Association has concluded arrangements for the 2022 U-18 Girls basketball tournament which is billed to dunk-off on Thursday, January 13 at the Aper Aku stadium in Makurdi. The three day event tagged “Catch them Young” is one of the many programmes on the 2022 calendar of the state basketball association. Benue […]
The Benue State Basketball Association has concluded arrangements for the 2022 U-18 Girls basketball tournament which is billed to dunk-off on Thursday, January 13 at the Aper Aku stadium in Makurdi.
The three day event tagged “Catch them Young” is one of the many programmes on the 2022 calendar of the state basketball association.
Benue state basketball Chairman, Col Sam Ahmedu (rtd) said the platform will provide an avenue for talented kids across the state to play coordinated basketball.
“Benue state is known for producing outstanding players for Nigeria at the national and domestic level and we need to sustain this tradition”.
“Outstanding players like Veronica Charles, Nguveren Iyorhe, Vera Angwe, Tina Emmanuel, Joyce Gye, Lucy Adamgbe, Josette Anslem and Charity Ameh all from Benue state have all gone to represent Nigeria at different levels. We need to discover more talents through these grassroots programmes”.
“As we prepare for the 2022 basketball season, we will also be giving special attention to the girl child through basketball”.
The U-18 tournament will feature teams drawn from the major basketball catchment areas of the state such as Makurdi, Otukpo and Gboko.