County Meet
Faces Postponement
3/ 19/ 2004 Monrovia-The organizing
committee of the National County Meet has, in collaboration with
County Sports Coordinators, agreed to reschedule the commencing date
of the festival.
In a release issued by the Youth and Sports, instead of the previous
date of March 5, the National County Meet would, according to the
organizers, be held from March 19, to April 3, 2004. The organizers
disclosed that the event will last for 21 days.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Deputy Youth and Sports
Minister for Operations, Peter W. Vuku, blamed the postponement on the
delay in the approval of the Budget sent to the Finance Ministry.
The organizing committee mentioned that the chairman of LURD, Sekou
Damate Conneh, has pledged 20 footballs for the National County
Meet.
The National County Sports Coordinators have meanwhile confirmed the
ejection of track and field and basketball on grounds that there are
inadequate funds to run the four disciplines, including soccer and
kickball, that were initially targeted.
The decision to have only soccer and kickball in the competition
was, according to the release, reached during a meeting of the various
committees and County Sports Coordinators at the Youth and Sports
Ministry last Saturday.
They described the decision to have only soccer and kickball as a
sign of gender equity "as we gear towards peace and National Unity
through sports."
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