OAU CROWNS GRASSROOTS SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WITH INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION
OAU CROWNS GRASSROOTS SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WITH INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION. By Olufemi Alfred. The sports' council of Obafemi Awolowo University, ile-Ife, the Department of physical and health Education and the institute of cultural studies, have collaborated to organize an inter-school competition. The sports competition, which will be among secondary schools in Ile-ife and environs, is to crown a six-weeks Grassroots sports development programme organized in more than 6 secondary school in the city. The programme provided for students athletes to train the students of the secondary schools on the theoretical and practical aspects of sporting events, which include; Football, Basketball, Volleyball, handball and athletics. In a public statement, signed by A.L Abu, the director of Sports in the varsity, the preliminaries of the competition in the trained sporting events will come up on the 5th of April and the main event...