SWAN rounds off secondary school sports competition

Kaduna State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN) has rounded off the 2018 edition of its secondary school sports tournament with six schools participating.

The schools competed in three events, table tennis, chess and scrabble.

Chairman of Kaduna SWAN, Mr. Isaiah Benjamin attributed the low turn out of participating schools to the constant postponement of the event due to various issues.

“The event suffered postponements for several occasions, not as a result of our fault but for political and security issues.

“The first was the political primaries which took up the venues we were supposed to use, while the second postponement came as a result of the curfew following the crisis in Kaduna metropolis,” he said.

He said the event was not about medals winning, but to develop talents and assured that subsequent one would be better packaged.

The Kaduna State Government had expressed its willingness to partner associations and organizations sponsoring sporting competitions at the grassroots.

Kaduna State Commissioner Youth Sports and Culture, Daniel Danauta who spoke at the opening of the tournament said the event was an opportunity for harnessing talents from the grassroots.

The Commissioner, who was represented by a Deputy Director in the ministry, Waziri Yohanna, commended SWAN for its efforts.

Zonal Coordinator, North West, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Olusola Luke commended SWAN for sponsoring the competition.

He pledged to cooperate with the organisers in their quest to discover and develop sporting talents at the grassroots.

Arewa Trust correspondent reports that ECWA Goodnews Secondary School took the first position with one gold and one silver medals, Kalimat Academy came second with on gold and one bronze medal while Capital School came third with one gold.