By Patrick Ndubuisi
THE TEAM OF ATHLETES THAT WILL VIE FOR HONOURS FOR BAYELSA STATE, AT THE 21ST NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL, HAS BEEN UNVEILED.
TEAM BAYELSA, AS WELL AS THEIR KITS, WERE UNVEILED AT THE MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR SPORTS HALL, AT THE SAMSON SIASIA SPORTS COMPLEX IN YENAGOA ON TUESDAY.
SPORTS COMMISSIONER, DANIEL IGALI, IN HIS REMARKS PRAISED THE COMMITMENT OF THE STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR DOUYE DIRI IN PREPARING THE TEAM FOR THE EVENT, SAYING ABOUT 800 ATHLETES ARE BOIND FOR ASABA, WHICH IS HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TOME IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE.
HE WISHED THE TEAM AL THE BEST, ADDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS POISED TO REWARD THEM BETTER FOR THEIR SUCCESS AT THE FESTIVAL.
DIRECTOR OF SPORTS, SIR BRAVEMAN WODI, ON HIS PART, SAID THE TEAM IS READY FOR ASABA, EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE TO SURPASS THE FEAT OF LAST EDITION IN BENIN.
TEAM BAYELSA FINISHED AT THE THIRD BEST TEAM AT THE LAST EDITION, AND ARE HOPING TO EMERGE AS THE OVERALL BEST TEAM IN ASABA.
