The Basketball Without Borders/ Nigeria Basketball Federation Under16 Prospect Camp moved its search for the best talents that will represent Nigeria at the 12th Basketball Without Borders Africa annual camp in Johannesburg, South Africa come July 29th to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over the weekend.
National Div-1 league club side T Joba Talents in partnership with the Akwa Ibom State Basketball Association played host to the 2 day(May 29-30th) event that took place at the New Federal University of Uyo Campus. With over 60 kids under the ages of 16 coming out to display their basketball talent and skills with a chance to tutored Top NBA coaches and Players and perhaps earning college scholarship which ultimately is the dream of every basketball player who wants to go professional.
The Scouting programme which is designed to catch the budding talents in the South-South/South-East region also for the National Under 16 programme had coaches Mike Akuboh and Emmauel Odah who work with the Basketball Without Borders programme and the Masai Ujuri’s Top 50 Camp coordinate the exercise alongside NBBF Technical Commissioner from Rivers State, Mr Harry Wilson and Coach Shekinah David of T-Joba Talents all whom expressed joy by the level of talent the kids put in display.
Star attraction, 17 years Old Christian Wisdom was named most valuable player of the All Star Game at the camp and surely one to watch out for in the near future. As echoed by all Director of Sports, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Aniedi Dickson who was special guest at the Prospect Camp All Star Game commended the Nigeria Basketball Federation and the Akwa Ibom Basketball Association for beaming the search light of talent discovery and improvement of the sports in the region from the grassroots.
Mr Dickson further pledged maximum support for Division one side TJoba Talents, in their quest to gain promotion into the DStv Premier Basketball league next season having failed to qualify this season.
Following the successful NBBF/BWB Camp in Akwa Ibom and earlier in the year in Abuja, plans are underway to set camp in another part of the country to give ample opportunity to as many kids as possible to exhibit there talent and stand a chance of being selected not just for the Basketball Without Borders Africa Programme but also for the National U-16 team.
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