Bwari, Kuje Absent As FCT Cadet Handball Championship Begins

Bwari and Kuje Area Councils are conspicuously absent, having failed to enter teams for the 2024 edition of the FCT Inter Area Councils cadet handball championships, for Under-12 and Under-15 Boys and Girls.

Nonetheless, the competition threw off on Tuesday morning, with the other four Area Councils – Abuja Municipal, Abaji, Kwali, and Gwagwalada fielding in teams.

On Monday, organizers screened the players upon arrival before camping them at the hostel facility located at the Old Parade Ground Complex in Area 10, Garki, Abuja. This complex will also host all the games, including the finals on Thursday, May 30th, 2024.

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Meanwhile, a couple of partners have weighed in their support for the successful organization of the on-going cadet handball championships in Abuja.

One of them, Hand2Hand Sports Foundation which fully kitted the teams and sponsored the competition last year, has given out match balls for the ongoing tournaments, with a promise to give eight of the top players, scholarships.

Hand2Hand Foundation President Richard Agbonifo announced that the foundation’s Academic Scholarships will be awarded to two top players from each category: U-12 Boys, U-12 Girls, U-15 Boys, and U-15 Girls.

Agbonifo also reserved special praise for the Organizing Secretary of the FCT Handball Association, Mrs. Hulda Nkwocha for keeping the catch them young programme going, despite paucity of funds, and urged others to weigh in their support for handball to continue to grow in FCT and Nigeria at large.

A private donor, preferring to remain anonymous, surprised the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) organizers with a cash contribution.

In addition, the federation secured another significant partnership through Mr. Jibril Saidu, the North Central Zone representative on the board.

Bwari, Kuje Absent As FCT Cadet Handball Championship Begins