Date: 2021-02-11

The much anticipated 1st female Kwara State U 17 Beach Soccer tournament organised by the Kwara State Beach Soccer Association has been slated for April this year.

According to the 2021 Programmes of the Association, the Championship is meant to raise and increase awareness about the game and also encourage female youth within the age bracket of fifteen to seventeen to develop a career in the game of beach Soccer.

Speaking to the Sportswriters while reacting to the 2021 activities of the Kwara Beach Association, the Chairman, Alhaji Abdullateef Adedeji disclosed that the association will leave no stone unturned to stage the maiden classical female Beach Soccer Competition in the state, nothing the championship which is approved by the women's development committee of Africa Beach Soccer Union ABSU is billed for April this year.

Adedeji who Confirmed the readiness of the Local Organising Committee told our Correspondent that the tournament which is to leverage on the enabling environment created by the Present administration under Mallam AbdulRahaman AbdulRasaq would further showcase Kwara as a hub of Sports development.

He however solicited for the support and Cooperation of the critical stakeholders in the quest of the association to stage a befitting tourney to the admiration of sports fans in the state.