Games village ready as Gombe maiden schools athIetics champs gets New date

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

Work at the Games Village where athIetes for the Gombe Inter-Secondary Schools AthIetics Championships will Camp for the event is already completed.

A new date has therefore been scheduled for the Premier event from November 11th – 16th, 2024 at the Pantami Stadium, Gombe.

In a sporting event seen as unprecedented, 85 Secondary Schools from 11 Local Government Areas in Gombe State will participate.

As training and conditioning is on-going in various Schools, over 65 Secondary Schools’ Games Masters have since been trained to meet with an estimated 3,065 young athletes expected to partake in the Championships.

The Chairman Main Organising Committee (MoC) Hon. Ahmad Shuaibu Gara-Gombe directed participating Schools Principals, Athletes and all Stakeholders to prepare their student-athletes for the biggest talents hunt Championships.

The sponsor of the event, stated during a flash chat that all logistics in preparation for the commencement of the maiden Inter Secondary Schools Championship are fully on ground.

Gombe State Athletics Association boss added that some adjustments carried out in earlier announced date turned out to be an advantage as sponsors now have enough time to finalize deals that would ultimately add values to the AthIetics event to be viewed globally via internet streaming.

Hon.Gombe, the Chairman/CEO of Green White Green (GWG) Sports Center Ltd also expressed gratitude for the seamless resolution of the events date with relevant Stakeholders from Ministry of Sports and Education which was transmitted through their directors namely Mrs. Zainab Isyaku Adamu, Isah Ali Doho respectively.

“We remain Committed in ensuring that Gombe Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics Championships will be a memorable event for other states to emulated.”

Consequently, the new date has enlivened the spirit of participating schools to embrace intensive tracks & field training to keep them in top form.