Monday, 11 April 2016

Ilorin holds African Kickboxing trials

THE Nigerian team to the forth coming African kicks boxing championship holding in Madagascar in June, 2016 would be selected at the National Kickboxing championship holding in Ilorin Kwara State from May 17-22, 2016.


President of the Nigeria kickboxing federation, Dr. Abubakar Adebayo Ishola who dropped this hint in Lagos said Nigeria must have a strong presentation at the African championship and that informs the need to organize the national kickboxing championship where the best athletes would be selected to represent Nigeria in Madagascar next month.
“Nigerian Kickboxers have not been attending African tournaments for some time and now that we want to re-launch ourselves to the continent, we must go with our best and that is why this Ilorin National Championship is very important. Moreso, when Nigeria as a country cannot boast of having any standing National team for now.”

The president also appealed to states to release their athletes for the competition so as to have the opportunity of being selected for the continental championship. There is also an officiating course fixed for May 18, 2016 in Ilorin, according to Wilson Okon, of the technical committee.


Meanwhile, Secretary General of the Nigeria Kickboxing Federation, Paul Okocha, has warned that payment of outstanding affiliation fee will be the major criteria for participation and advised states yet to complete their payment to do so before the commencement of the championship even as he informed that states are to carter for the accommodation, feeding and transportation of their athletes to and fro Ilorin.

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