The Executive Director of the National Sports Council, Marcel Mendy, has strongly encouraged athletes at the recently concluded annual inter-schools athletics championship to take the sport seriously.
Mendy, who was speaking to Observer Sports, on the sidelines of the event, expressed delight at the brilliant performance demonstrated by athletes from all the schools. With this he said there is brighter future for athletics in the country. “There are lots of talents embedded in the schools and I am hopeful that in the future there will be a good national athletics team.”
He went on: “We all want to compete and win for glory and we as a country don’t just want to compete for the sake of competition but we equally want to win like other countries.”
The Sports Council boss hoped hat the Gambia Athletics Association will start following he foot-steps of the Gambia Secondary Sports Association by organising similar championship.
He finally urged the athletes to respect the sport, be conscious of their eating habit and listen to their coaches.
Abdoulie Kah, the Deputy Permanent Secretary responsible for Sports at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, told Observer Sports that he was quite satisfied with the performance of athletes from the provincial schools. This, he said indicates that talents are everywhere.
by Awa Gassama
