201 athletes join Adopt-A-Talent programme

A SCREENING exercise was conducted for about 201 athletes for the Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme over the weekend.The screening, which started on Friday, ended on Sunday at four different centres - Myoung Barracks, Teslim Balogun Stadium, the University of Lagos Sports Centre and Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park, Yaba.According to the co-ordinating consultant to the programme, Dr. Niran Adeniji, the screening was done for new, exceptional athletes in new, additional sports approved by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola. The sports are gymnastics, swimming, karate and judo, and others in already known six sports - football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, boxing and table tennis.He noted that the screening exercise was one of many outlined activities put together by the Central Working Committee (CWC) to get the best out of the athletes, after which they would be groomed to become future stars not only for Lagos State but the country.The athletes were taken through the rudiments of their respective sports by seasoned coaches, who included Super Eagles' former goalkeeper trainer, Joe Erico, legendary boxing coach, Joe Mensah, ace table tennis coach, Wole Orukotan, former national volleyball star, SurajuOnatuga, gymnastics expert, Umoh Patrick, John Olusina (karate) and Ihaza Edokpolor (judo).
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