ZONAL HANDBALL ELIMINATIONS: Ocheho charges Zonal reps to fight age-cheat

By Taofeek Babalola

The President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) Samuel Ocheho has charged Zonal representatives in the federation to fight aged cheat in the ongoing under 17 Youth Games Zonal eliminations.

The Zonal elimination is to serve as the qualifier for the 2017 National Youth Games (NYG) billed for Ilorin, Kwara State in September.

Ocheho made the called in his message to all the six geopolitical zones in the country that have commenced the zonal eliminations of the athletes that will represent their zones in the NYG.

The president said the call had become necessary because it was part of his board’s resolutions during its two day retreat in Abuja last month to fight aged cheat and any act capable of creating set back to the game in the country.

He also urged them to collect data of all the screened players in their zones.

The president expressed appreciation for the massive participation of teams in all the Zones, especially in North West where most of the states in the Zone came with both male and female teams at the Zonal headquarter in Kaduna.

He further urged all the Zonal representatives to summit their final report of the elimination to the federation headquarter and assured them of the board's support where necessary in ensuring that all Zones conducted their eliminations successfully.

Ocheho commended members of the board for their zeal and determination in moving the game to a greater height in the country and wish them hitch free games in all their centers.