ANAMBRA TEAM PROGRESSES IN ON GOING BEACH SOCCER IN NNEWI
REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE
Anambra Beach Soccer team secured a 3-2 victory over Nmanko Patigi of Kwara State as the second round National Beach Soccer League gets underway in Nnewi city of Anambra State.
Earlier, Kebbi United Beach Soccer Club and Kebbi Fishers Beach Soccer Club also secured victory in the opening matches against Jigawa Golden Stars and Kada Beach Soccer Club.
The second round of 2024 National Beach Soccer League (NBSL) started on Wednesday at the moonshine Arena, Nnewi High School, Beach Soccer pitch.
In the first game determined, Kebbi United Beach Soccer club defeated Jigawa Golden Stars Beach Soccer Club 6-4 while Kebbi Fishers Beach Soccer Club secured a 7-5 Kada victory over Beach Soccer Club in the second match of the day.
All the three victorious teams have secured three points each.
The Chairman, Nnewi Sports Club, Ugochukwu Uzodike, said the private intervention in sports was a good omen while thanking the Anambra Beach Soccer Association for bringing the game to the state, particularly to a commercial city of the state.
The Chairman of Anambra Beach Soccer Association, Professor. Victor Madubuko said he was happy to have attracted the NBSL to Anambra State within two years of the formation of the association.
Madubuko said Beach Soccer was a passion for him and that his major interest in the sport was to create an activity that would engage the youth and open doors of economic opportunity for them.
He said beach soccer was an interesting game and encouraged others to invest and make it popular in the Southeast.
For his part, President of African Beach Soccer Union and Coordinator of NBSL, Mahmud Hadija, commended Anambra State for blazing the trail of the game in Southeast.
Hadija said the Anambra Beach Soccer Association, a wholly private sector initiative driven by Madubuko had not only built one of the best beach soccer pitches in Nigeria but put up an interesting hosting
Meanwhile, the second round of the league continues till May 18 with a total of six teams participating.
EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU
