Catch-Them-Young: SAMKAY Athletics Club gifts sports kits to 4 Ijaw National Academy students

**Ccharges students to embrace sports

Founder of Samkay Athletics Club, Dr. Kolawole Oredipe has encouraged students of Ijaw National Academy, Kaiama, Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, to embrace sports in order to build a more robust career in addition to their academic pursuits.

Dr. Oredipe, who is also the Vice-Chairman, Bayelsa State Athletics Association, was accompanied by the Head Coach of Athletics in the State Sports Council, Mr. Pius Bazighe, Technical Director of Samkay Athletics, Mr. Maurice Terimoh, and Secretary of Samkay Athletics, Mr. Priye Roberts, to Kaiama and they organised a mock 100 metres race for the students in three categories of junior, intermediate and senior.

The Principal of the School, Mr. Desmond Tamgbe, was on the ground alongside his staff to facilitate the brief orientation into athletics.

After the races held at the play ground of the school in Kaiama, Dr. Oredipe, presented four pairs of running canvass to four outstanding young athletes- Victor Smart, Tubotamuno Godwill,
Rejoice Akono and Emmanuella Amabebe.

Dr. Oredipe who stated that the kits were given to help harness their talents advised the students to take their studies seriously while they specialize in a particular sports activity as they grow.

Dr. Oredipe remarked that Bayelsa State is blessed with great talents that can be sourced from primary and secondary schools across the State, adding that such talents when properly discovered and groomed will excel and become succesful National and International sports men and women that will make the State and nation proud.

He also thanked administrators of the school for their efforts in bringing up the younger generation to excel in both sports and academics.