12th October, 2015
Taiwo Adelu
Preparation for the maiden Kiddies Olympics in Lagos from 26 – 30 October, 2015 is in top gear.
The Kiddies Olympics is put together by Klozit Limited in conjunction with Isaac Daniels with active collaboration with Sports Officers of State Universal Education Board, SUBEB, in Lagos State.
The finals will feature sports such as Football, Track and Field, Scrabble, Table Tennis and Handball with at least 2,300 pupils in public schools in Lagos State and 300 officials.
According to the schedule of events released by the Project Management Committee (PMT) of the competition, football events, which will hold for five days, will be the first event of the tournament at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on Monday, 26 October.
Table Tennis, which is scheduled for the Rowe Park Sports Complex, will hold between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rowe Park will also play host to Taekwondo on Wednesday, while Handball, which holds between Wednesday and Thursday will be played at the same venue.
Sports Bar of the Teslim Balogun Stadium will host Scrabble on Thursday, while Track and Field events will also hold from Tuesday to Thursday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The PMT headed by Mr. Nurudeen Aluko said that 322 medals will be won during the week-long event which has been endorsed by Lagos State Sports Commission, Lagos State Football Association and other relevant sports bodies.
He said he is still hopeful that corporate Nigeria will respond to their proposals and pleaded with them to support the event in order to celebrate the children and the nation at large.
“We are planning glamorous opening and closing ceremonies where dignitaries in Nigerian sports and the society at large will be invited,” Aluko said.
National President of SUBEB Sport Directors, Prince Olu Akapo, disclosed that the organisers planned to adopt Exponent 21 for the games.
According to Akapo, who is also the Sports Director, Lagos SUBEB, “Exponent 21 will enable us focus strictly on the age, weight and height of each pupil taking part in the tournament.”