NISAF Championship Set For Tomorrow

Photo: Ousman Kebbeh talking to the press.

By Ousman A. Marong

The National Inter-School Athletics Championship (NISAF) for the year 2020 Season is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 13 March, at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.

This year’s championship will witness 71 schools battling for a trophy worth, One Hundred Thousand Dalasi (D100, 000) for Senior Secondary Schools and Fifty Thousand Dalasi (D50, 000) for Junior Secondary Schools respectively.

The seventy-one Schools across the county will be competing in the national inter-schools’ athletics championship. The duo categories will have their competition kick-off on Friday the 13 to Sunday 15 and the entire race would be held at the Independent Stadium in Bakau.

The Senior Secondary Schools will be robbing shoulders in battling out for the D100, 000 dalasi cash price and a trophy while the junior category too would be competing for the 50,000 dalasi and a trophy as well.

This year’s annual inter-schools championship would mark 40-years of existence that seeks to module school-going children to acquire varieties of requisite skills in their cost of stay while attending lower Basic education.

Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, Mr. Ousman Kebbeh, Acting President of The Gambia, Athletics, Sports Committee said:

“We are trying to introduce the modern standard form [of rules] to the kids so that they can be used to it by starting from the formation, regulation, and awards will all be in standard form.

There is a massive improvement in this year’s competition and we are trying to make sure it’s up to international level such that people will be aware,” he explained.

He revealed that they (Gambia athletes’ sports committee) are in consultation with the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in facilitating the security of this year’s event.

He warned schools and Physical Education (PE) teachers in the use of unqualified athletes saying anyone found wanting would be dealt with accordingly.