11 October 2006
NIGERIA : Milo B/Ball Begins Today
The 2006 Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship gets underway this morning at the National Stadium, Lagos with all 12 schools listed in both in the boys and girls categories expected to feature competitively.
The Milo standard floors arrived the venue by the weekend and were put in place on Sunday ahead of the jump ball by 9.00am this morning. And to compete first on the mobile floors are the Queen of the Rosary, Gboko and Government Girls College, Bauchi. Both teams are in Group A of the female category.The opening day is different from the other days as some of the teams would play two games each. And on that note, Government Girls College ladies would return to the court later in the afternoon to face a traditional basketball school, Yejide Girls Grammar School, Ibadan in their second match.
In the first Group B match for girls, Asaba Girls Grammar School, Delta State battles Government Girls School, Gazama, Kano for the full points and later the Kano girls would engage Ikenegbu Girls Secondary School, Owerri in their second match of the day.In the boys category Sheik Abubakar Gumi College, Kaduna are stepping out to face Sahara Conference champions, Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State as the first match of the day.
The championship rounds off on Saturday with the winners going home with cash prize of N150, 000 while the second and third placed teams would earn N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively. The prizes are equal for both categories just as other individual prizes best three-pointer and Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards would go to deserving players. The winners would also go home with lots of Nestle Milo products and branded items.
The Milo/Radar Hoops Top 50 Camp would precede the schools championship on Sunday. The event, run by former Nigerian international and NBA scout Masai Ujiri, is devoted to upcoming basketball who have exhibited budding talent. Nestle Milo and radar Hoops became partners with the 2005 edition.
The Milo standard floors arrived the venue by the weekend and were put in place on Sunday ahead of the jump ball by 9.00am this morning. And to compete first on the mobile floors are the Queen of the Rosary, Gboko and Government Girls College, Bauchi. Both teams are in Group A of the female category.The opening day is different from the other days as some of the teams would play two games each. And on that note, Government Girls College ladies would return to the court later in the afternoon to face a traditional basketball school, Yejide Girls Grammar School, Ibadan in their second match.
In the first Group B match for girls, Asaba Girls Grammar School, Delta State battles Government Girls School, Gazama, Kano for the full points and later the Kano girls would engage Ikenegbu Girls Secondary School, Owerri in their second match of the day.In the boys category Sheik Abubakar Gumi College, Kaduna are stepping out to face Sahara Conference champions, Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State as the first match of the day.
The championship rounds off on Saturday with the winners going home with cash prize of N150, 000 while the second and third placed teams would earn N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively. The prizes are equal for both categories just as other individual prizes best three-pointer and Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards would go to deserving players. The winners would also go home with lots of Nestle Milo products and branded items.
The Milo/Radar Hoops Top 50 Camp would precede the schools championship on Sunday. The event, run by former Nigerian international and NBA scout Masai Ujiri, is devoted to upcoming basketball who have exhibited budding talent. Nestle Milo and radar Hoops became partners with the 2005 edition.
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