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SPORTS MINISTER BADJIE ENCOURAGES TEAM GAMBIA AHEAD OF DEPARTURE FOR AFRICAN SCHOOL GAMES
The Gambia’s Youth and Sports Minister, Bakary Y. Badjie, bade farewell and handed over the battle flag to the Gambia’s delegation to the maiden African School Games in Algeria.
During the ceremony, the Minister assured them of the government’s continuous support and urged them to be good ambassadors of the country in Algeria.
The Sports Minister under whose leadership the Gambia is registered in the First African School Games, used the occasion to share words of encouragement with the delegation.
“You all should go out there and be good ambassadors of the country, but you equally compete and come home with medals.”
Bai Dodou Jallow, the President of the GNOC, the body responsible for the coordination of the Gambia’s team, commended the government for providing school athletes with this rare opportunity. The government provided the delegation with 7 million dalasi, which covers over 80% of the total budget.
26 athletes and their officials will be travelling to Algeria to represent the Gambia in six different sports, including athletics, basketball, 3×3, Judo, swimming, Beach Volleyball and Wrestling.
The team is expected to travel to Dakar on Monday morning, where they will board a flight to Algeria in the early hours of Tuesday.
The maiden African School Games is set to bring together over 50 countries who will be represented by school athletes in different sports events between the 25th of July and the 5th of August 2025.
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