29 July 2008

NIGERIA : Royal Camp begins with fanfare

The first Royal Hoopers Basketball Camp will today in Port Harcourt commence with all the players and officials already on ground for the event that promises to be full of excitement.

Already, the Police Officers Mess, venue of the camp is already beaming with activities as players used Sunday to formalize their registration while foreign and local coaches work out programme for the next three days.

However, fourteen players selected by FIBA and the NBA to represent Nigeria at this years Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa Camp in Johannesburg, South Africa, will be honing their skills at the Royal Hoopers Elite Basketball Camp taking place in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria from July 27 through 30.

The talented youngsters, who will represent the country in future international competitions, have been invited to the Garden City event to sharpen their skills as a dress rehearsal for the 2008 BWB.

Prominent amongst these players are Ayodeji Egbeyemi (Ebun Comets) and Mohammed Bukar (Dodan Warriors) who featured at BWB Africa 2007 and were also members of the Junior National team to the World Junior Men's Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia in 2007.

Others includes, Chidubem Okam (Dodan warriors), Daniel Ochefu (Police Rookies), Yemi Makanjuola (Police Rookies), Onyekachi Ochebo (Estate Whales), Imoh Silas Okon (Chariots), Godwin IKonshul (Cross Rivers), Gift Achuia (Royal Hoopers), Haruna Maitama Sule ( Kano Pillars), Ismaila Dauda (Kano Pillars), Adeolu Ojo ( ABU) and Ayotunde Oyeniyi (Warriors Academy).

Coach Mike Akuboh, who will be at both the Royal Hoopers and BWB Camps says, apart from learning new skills from the coaches and other elite players at the camp, the Port Harcourt event will provide the players a good avenue to prepare well in order to compete very well against their peers from other Africa countries in Johannesburg later in the year.


In a related development, the list of foreign coaches for the Royal Hoopers Basketball camp has increased.

Myke Schol an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University USA, Schol a regular feature in BWB Africa and in all camps around Africa. He was formerly coach of Johannesburg-based ESPN/ AND-1 basketball club to the 19th African Men's Championship Final Rounds hosted by the Dodan warriors in Lagos in 2006.

Just as Coach Schol has joined the camp, the list of participating players for the camp has increased from the original 50 to 65 with more players still angling to be part of show.

Some of the players attending the camp are Hilary Aigbokhaode (Islanders), Moses Johnson (Royal Hoopers), Seun Olarenwaju (Dodan Warriors), Haruna Maitama Sule (Kano Pillars), Jonathan Odia (Police Bombers), Ediga Ajonye (Royal Hoopers), Ronald Alalibo (Bayelsa Waves), Ayodeji Egbeyemi (Ebun Comets), Anyebe Alexander (Yelwa Hawks), Harry Ezenibe (AHIP) and Johsura Ahmedu of Warriors Academy among others.Ayodeji Egbeyemi (193-G-90)

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