The Chairman, Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Chief Patrick Estate Onyedum says not less than five hundred schools from primary and secondary have so far picked registration forms for the upcoming Anambra School Sports Festival codenamed “First Solution School Sports Festival” which will commence from May 17 to June 24 2023.
Onyedum while speaking in Awka revealed that of these enrollees, two hundred are privately owned schools in the state. He described the subscription rate as highly encouraging while expressing hope that the number may reach the target of 1,000 schools by May 12 when registration will close.
“We are impressed with the interest management of schools have shown in the coming school sports festival, it shows they have been yearning for a time like this. As I am talking to you over five hundred participation forms have been picked both primary and secondary but more importantly about 200 private schools have picked these forms.So we are also bringing private schools into the Anambra school sports arena,” he said.
He informed that the competition would feature 10 sporting events including Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Football, Scrabble, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball and Cricket. According to him, competitions would be in U13 and U17 categories.
The Chairman thanked Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his interest in the development of Anambra youths through sports and providing the platform for students to blend academics and sports.
ANN reports that no fewer than fifteen thousand students are expected to participate at preliminary level of the various games across the 179 communities and 21 local government areas of the state.
