Basketball: 150 pupils for 7th Droplets clinic in Ilorin
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Basketball
By Olayinka Owolewa
Ilorin, July 17, 2017 (NAN) No fewer than 150 pupils between the ages of six and nine are to participate in the seventh Droplets Basketball Clinic in Ilorin.
The Kwara Director of Sports, Mallam Tunde Kazeem who disclosed this to newsmen in Ilorin on Monday, said the Clinic would hold between Aug. 24 and Aug. 29 and would attract schools across the state.
Kazeem commended the initiative of basketball veteran player, Tunji Ayeni, for sustaining the Clinic in the last seven years, adding the Clinic had assisted the state government in discovering young talents.
The Director said that the Clinic was in line with the vision of the government in gainfully engaging the youth through sporting activities.
Kazeem appealed to parents and coaches to keep the children busy during the long vacation.
Also the Initiatorof the clinic, Ayeni, explained that the programme was sustained to ensure the growth of basketball game in the state, particularly among teenagers.
Ayeni promised that this year’s edition would be organised with outreach to five selected schools, promising to make material donations to the schools.(NAN)
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(Edited by Idris Abdulrahman)