Nestle
School Basketball Dunks-Off Next Week - Oct 4, 2002 - by Kristian Santiago.
The fourth Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship has
been scheduled for October 8 to 12 at the Sports Hall of the National Stadium,
Lagos.
Twelve teams in boys and girls categories emerged for the finals
from the six conferences. They include Wahabi Folawiyo Secondary School, Lagos,
Government Secondary School, Owerri, Grays International School, Kaduna,
University of Ilorin Secondary School, Ilorin, Villanova Secondary School,
Adamawa and Okrika Grammar School, Rivers in boys category.
Nana
College, Warri, Yejide Grammar School, Ibadan, Government Girls College, Bauchi,
Ikenegu Girls School, Owerri, Queens of Rosary School, Gboko and Army Day
Secondary School, Sokoto emerged for the girls cadre.
The championship
which began in 1999 as follow up to the annual Milo Future Champions Basketball
Clinic is aimed at integrating the secondary school students into the mainstream
of Basketball development in Nigeria.
Managing Director of Nestle Mr
J.L. Chaumeil said this year's championship would be unique as the prize money
for the events had been increased to encourage the budding talents that converge
in Lagos across the nation.
Remi Olowude, chairman of Nigeria Collegiate
Sports Foundation (NCSF), organisers of the championship, noted that improvement
witnessed was a tribute to the sponsors' commitment.(This Day)
Note: This is a past event from Oct 4, 2002
