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President Wants RSG To Provide Golf Course
The President of Fair Cottage Empowerment Initiatives (FCEI), Judith Obomanu has appealed to Rivers State Government to provide a mini golf course for children to train and learn how to play golf.
She explained that with Port Harcourt Club 1928, golf is a restricted area for other children whose parents are not members of the Club, consequently depriving some children to learn the game.
Obomanu made the appeal shortly after she came back with three children that participated in this year’s IBB Open Junior Golf Championship, in Abuja, last week.
FCEI is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2014, which aims and objectives is geared towards training children in various sporting events and empower women in the country,
She noted that only Rivers State went with three children golfers, while other states attended the championship with over 50 children.
” I wish Rivers State Government own golf course or provide a place where children can be training and learn how to play golf.
“Port Harcourt Club is a restricted place where many children don’t have access to the facilities, except children that their parents are members of the Club.
I was shocked when I saw Otukpo, Lagos and Jos brought over children and well kitted to the championship,” she said.
Speaking, one of the golfers who represented the state at the championship, Christy Obomanu, age 10, said she felt good to participate, even though she came fifth in her category.
According to Obomanu, her ambition is to become the next Tiger Woods in golf.
” I felt good even though I came up fifth position, but I believe next time I will do better through training and hard work,” she said.
Others who represented the state are Okemute and Okeogene, from same parents.
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England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
Kiadum Edookor