Sports

100 Children Ready To Compete At 2021 Golf Clinic

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4 years ago

July 22, 2021

No fewer than 100 children, as from Monday, will slug it out at the 2021 Children Golf Development Clinic inside the IBB International Golf and Country Club in the Nigeria’s Capital City Abuja.

The two-week event tagged “Future Champions of Golf” is being put together by the club’s Ladies Section.

It is part of efforts to raise the level of sport by the Executive Committee led by Lady Captain MaryRose Richard-Obioha.

More than 70 children and teenagers, whose ages range from 5 to 18 years, have so far registered and the organizers believe that more are still coming.

According to the event’s organizing Chairman, Joy Ikwue who is also the Vice Lady Captain, top Nigerian professional golfers will offer life skills training to the children with a view of integrating them into the game.

“Golf is a game of rules and in as much as there will be many rules for the children to learn, we will also want them to know about service to humanity, country and fellow golfers,” Ikwue stated.

She said the club’s ladies have traditionally always arranged this summer development clinic for over a decade now and the section has tried to sustain the developmental programme with the aim of discovering potential young golfers.

“The clinic is to catch them young and groom them so as to become assets for their parents and Nigeria as a whole.”

Ikwue, however, lamented the difficulties in getting sponsors as some of the letters sent out did not receive any response.

She, however, thanked the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Rotary Club, as well as members of the club for their support.

The clinic will run from Monday July 26th to Friday August 6th.

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Unity Is Key To Reviving Nigerian Basketball-Igoche Mark

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4 mins ago

December 15, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

Prominent basketball promoter and initiator of the Mark”D” Championship, Mr. Igoche Mark, has emphasized the urgent need for unity among Nigerian basketball stakeholders, urging them to set aside personal agendas for the growth of the sport.

Speaking on Arise TV’s Global Sports Program on Sunday, Mark stressed that internal conflicts and lack of cohesion are major obstacles hindering basketball’s progress in the country. “Currently, one of our biggest problems is internal fighting, lack of unity.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. Nigeria basketball stakeholders need to come together and put aside personal agendas,” he said.

Mark, who is determined to spearhead efforts to unite basketball stakeholders, highlighted the common goal that should bind everyone involved in the sport. “No doubt, we all have something in common, which is passion for basketball, irrespective of our differences.

This is me saying, let’s put aside all our differences and come together in one voice in order to advance the sport. We have a whole lot more to contribute; we need to put down a structure to guide, and we need to focus on development.

There is a need to close that disparity between our prowess on the international scene and that of our domestic league,” he stated.

Calling for immediate action, Mark promised to lead efforts to bring stakeholders to the table. “Going forward, we need to talk, we need to start mending fences for basketball to make progress,” he concluded.

Other panelists on the show, including Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Board Member and Olympian Olumide Oyedeji, and basketball promoter Ugo Udueze, echoed Mark’s sentiments, agreeing that a united front is essential for the advancement of Nigerian basketball.

The consensus among the speakers underscores a growing recognition that without unity and collaboration, Nigerian basketball will struggle to realize its full potential, both domestically and on the international stage.

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