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Current Feed ContentGambia-S/Leone tie shifted to Sunday Friday, August 29, 2008 The Gambia Under 17 team’s home match against Sierra Leone in the first leg of the qualifying round of the CAF Under 17 Youth Championship finals has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 31, at the Independence Stadium, reports reaching Observer Sports desk have revealed. A terse statement issued by the Gambia Football Association last last night revealed that the tie, which was initially scheduled for Saturday, has been shifted to Sunday, though no reason(s) was forwarded for the reschedulement. However, recent media reports have it that the unavailability of flight in Freetown on Thursday hindered the Sierra Leonean team’s timely arrival hence the need to push forward the tie to allow the visitors enough time to prepare for the match. After Sunday’s Banjul first leg match, the Baby Scorpions will travel to Freetown in two weeks time for the return leg with the winner in the two-legged encounter proceeding to the final phase of the qualifiers. Gambia’s Egyptian coach, Tarik Siagy, had earlier on invited 22 players to camp ahead of the weekend encounter. The list, which will be trimmed down to 19 this evening, includes three Under 20 players in Abdou Njie, Matarr Jobe and Cherno Njie. Coach Tarik Siagy, who successfully guided the Baby Scorpions to triumph in the 2007 Abidjan four-nation tournament is optimistic that his present squad has what it takes to win Saturday’s match. Author: by Nanama Keita FA Cup round-upMonday, August 04, 2008 The first-round matches of the preliminary rounds of the 2008 Gamtel sponsored FA Cup championship ended over the weekend with thrilling scores. Brikama Ba beat Jarra West 6-1, while Waterman downed Jambanjelly 1-0 in Basse. Flamenins emerged 1-0 winners against Star Light at the Independence Stadium, while Young Africans beat Kerewan’s Adwac 5-4 in a post-match spot-kick after a 1-1 full-time score. The second round matches will commence on Wednesday, August 13, with Flamenins taking on Nema United while Tallinding United will face champions Ports Authority. Brikama Ba will take on SK East United, while Waterman battle it out with Kaira Silo. Brikama United are paired with Young Africans, while Interior will take on Ham Ham. The winners in the second round matches will join the eight awaiting teams in the top flight for the third round matches. First Round Results 1. Brikama Ba 6-1 Jarra West 2. Waterman 1-0 Jambanjelly 3. Star Light 0-1 Flamenins 4. ADWAC 4-5 Young Africans Second Round Fixtures 1. GPA vs Tallinding Utd 2. Nema Utd vs Flamenins 3. Brikama Ba vs SK East 4. Kaira Silo vs Waterman 5. Interior vs Ham Ham 6. Brikama Utd vs / Africans Author: by Nanama Keita FA Cup gathers momentumTuesday, July 29, 2008 The draw for the preliminary rounds of the 2008 Gamtel sponsored FA Cup championship was held on Friday, at the Independence Stadium, Bakau. The first round preliminary matches involving eight lower teams will be played on Thursday, July 31, at the various grounds across the country. Brikama Ba will host Jarra West, while Starlight and Flamenins will square off against each other at the Independence Stadium, Bakau. Second Division giants, Jambanjelly United, will travel to Basse to meet Waterman, while North Bank Region’s side, Adwac, will host Young Africans at Kerewan. After the first-round preliminaries, four teams will qualify to join the top six teams in the Second Division and the two teams that recently relegated from the First Division for the second round phase. After the second round encounters, six teams will proceed to join the waiting eight First Division teams for the third round matches. Author: by Nanama Keita Police win National Athletics ChampionshipTuesday, July 08, 2008 The Gambia Police Force have been crowned the champions of the Gamstar sponsored national athletic championship organised on Saturday, at the Independence Stadium, Bakau. The law enforcement agency pulled a massive 291 points to claim the top spot in the inter-service and municipality competition that was spear-headed by the Gambia Athletics Association. The Gambia Armed Forces emerged second best after pulling 279 points. Immigration department bagged 261 points to finish at third spot while Kanifing Municipal Council finished at the bottom-rock on 7 points. Author: by Nanama Keita KMC wins NISA championshipTuesday, July 01, 2008 The Kanifing Municipal Council football team beat Gambia Armed Forces, on Sunday, to emerge as champions of the sixth edition of the football championship organised by the National Inter-departmental Sports Association (NISA). The KMC came from behind to force the game to a 1-1 scoreline before prevailing in post-march spot kicks. Ebrima Jatta fired Armed Forces ahead in the 15th minute but KMC’s Modou Minteh’s vital equaliser forced the tie to spot kicks, to decide the destiny of the crown. Eventually, KMC emergedvictorious after converting five kicks against the soldiers three. As champions, the Municipality side went home with the giant trophy and a cheque of D12,000 (twelve thousand dalasis). Armed Forces received a cheque for D8,000 (eight thousand dalasis), while Fire Service received D6,000 (six thousand dalasis) as second runners-up. The Most Disciplined Team award went to Gamtel. Sunday’s final at the Independence Stadium was attended by scores of dignitaries, including the president of the Gambia Football Association, Seedy Kinteh, honourary life president of the Gambia Football Association, Alhaji OB Conateh, speaker of the National Assembly, Mrs Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay and mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, Yankuba Colley. Author: by Hatab Fadera Gambia Senior School are Inter School ChampionsThursday, April 17, 2008 The 2008 Inter School Athletics finals, organised by the Gambia Secondary School School’s Sports Association, was claimed by The Gambia Senior Secondary School. In the final staged last weekend at the Independence Stadium in Bakau Gambia High school, as it is fondly called, registered 467points being the highest number of points in this years edition. Bottrop Senior Secondary school from Western Region came out second with 325 points followed by Saints, who made what looked like a disappointing performance this year by only picking 195 points. Pakalinding toped the Junior category with 229, followed by Latrikunda Junior Secondary school with 190 points. Abuko Secondary School occupied 3rd position with 137 points. The annual Inter school championship brought together schools from across the country to compete in different events ranging from field to track events. Below are the results of the finals in both Senior and Junior category. School Points Position Gambia SSS 416 1st Bothrop 325 2nd Saints 195 3rd SOS 181 4th Muslim 154 5th Farafenni 82 6th Sifoe 77 7th Brikama Methodist 73 8th Brikama Ba 72 9th St Peters 53 10th G. Baptist 49 11th Fatima 45 12th Armitage 35 13th Charles Fowlis 29 14th Nusrat 29 14th Essau 29 14th John Pickerin 27 17th Kerewan 27 17th Scan Aid 14 19th Mahad 09 20th Basang 07 21st Ndow’s 06 22nd Kotu 05 23rd Kaur 04 24th Nasir 00 25th Tahir 00 25th Kerr Cherno 00 25th Junior Secondary Schools Pakalinding 229 1st Latrikunda 190 2nd Abuko 137 3rd Jamisa 125 4th Gunjur 120 5th Sukuta 67 6th Banjulding 61 7th Latrikunda Sabiji 53 8th Kabafita 51 9th St Thereses 51 9th Talinding 46 11th St Mulumbas 44 12th Greater Banjul 42 13th Arangallen 41 14th Essau Barra 41 14th Kitty 39 16th St Georges 34 17th St Francis 32 18th Sitanuku 30 19th Kombo Kerewan 30 19th Old Yundum 24 22nd SOS 19 23rd Bakoteh 14 24th Ndow’s 14 24th Bakalarr 13 26th St Michael 11 27th Keneba 10 28th Fara Fenni 10 28th Kotu 08 30th St Edwards 06 31st Brikama 06 31st Kaif 04 33rd Mingdon 04 33rd Bakau 04 33rd Kwenala 02 36th Kuntaya - - Tujereng - - GSSS clinches inter-schools title Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Gambia Senior Secondary School, formerly Gambia High, over the weekend, beat thirty-three other senior schools to land the 2008 inter-schools athletics championship title at a thrilling sports carnival held at the Independence Stadium, Bakau. The official results released by the organisers - The Gambia Senior Secondary School Sports Association, saw Gambia Senior Secondary finished on top with 416 points - 91 points ahead of the second-best and last year’s champions, Bottrop Senior Secondly School. The Western Region school which finished second on 325 points, was denied its third consecutive title after a back-to-back title last year. Saints Augustine, who made a swift return after a two-year suspension, finish at third spot with 195 points, while S.O.S Senior finished fourth on 181 points. The highly-hyped side, Muslim Senior, solaced themselves with fifth position on 154. Kuntair and Tujereng finished at the bottom after both sides fail to grasp a point in all the events. Author: by Nanama Keita 30 Home Based Players Line Up For Nations Cup Qualifiers Monday, March 17, 2008 The Gambia Football Association has released a list of 30 home based players in preparation for the preliminary round of the CAF Nation Cup Championship. President of The Gambia Football Association, Seedy MB Kinteh, informed Pointsports that as part of preparations for the qualifiers, a list of thirty locally based players has been released by the FA. These players were to report for training this morning at the Independence Stadium. The team will be under the guidance of the Egyptian Technical Assistant Tarik Siagy with Gambian Coach Lamin Sarr. The 1st Edition of CAF African Nations Championship, meant to showcase locally based players from around the continent, will take place in Côte d’Ivoire in 2009. In the preliminary draw of the championship, The Gambia has been drawn together with Mauritania. In an encounter which is slated for the either the 28th 29th or 30th of March 2008 in Banjul. The second leg will be played in Mauritania on the either the 11th, 12th or 13th of April. A friendly match was proposed for both teams on March 26th, 2008 in Banjul, but the friendly will now be a real game, as both teams will be battling for a place in the second round of the qualifiers. Below are the names of the players: 1. Modou Jobe - Real 2. Robert Badjie - Hawks 3. Ansumana Samateh - Wallidan 4. Bubacarr Sey - Bakau United 5. Samba Bah - Bakau United 6. Amadou Gai (Daddy) - Bakau United 7. Abdou Njie - GPA 8. George Cole - Wallidan 9. Ousman SM Koli - Steve Biko 10. Habib Kunta - Steve Biko 11. Wuyeh Sey - Wallidan 12. Sainey Touray - Wallidan 13. Abdou Darboe - Armed Forces 14. Dimingo Manneh - Africell/Sait Matty 15. Modou Lamin Sillah - Wallidan 16. Mandou Bojang - GPA 17. Abdourahman Dampha - GPA 18. Ousman Jagne - GPA 19. Abdou Ceesay - Bakau United 20. Pierre Gomez - Hawks 21. Alagie Ngum - Gamtel 22. Ebrima Jatta - Hawks 23. Paul Jatta - Hawks 24. Christopher Allen - Gamtel 25. Sanna Nyassi - GPA 26. Momodou Ceesay 27. Modou Ngum - Wallidan 28. Alagie Sawaneh - Gamtel 29. Pa Dodou Jammeh - Gamtel 30. Bekai - Real Author: By Ebou Manneh Source: The Point Inter Schools Athletics Final April 15 Friday, March 14, 2008 The athletics final featuring Secondary Schools from around the country will take place on the 15th of April at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The Inter schools athletics championship is staged yearly, and is an important avenue for the scouting of highly talented athletes for national purposes. As a tradition, regions in the country organise athletics heats at their own levels to properly select outstanding athletes that would be representing them in the final. Alhagie S Darboe, Secretary General of The Gambia Secondary Schools Sports Committee, speaking to Pointsports revealed that, currently, all other regions except Greater Banjul Region had held their regional athletics heats since last month and during the first weekend of March 2008. “The Greater Banjul heats, which are expected to be competed by all schools in the area, will take place this weekend. All is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Independence Stadium,” he explained. 100m, 200m, 3000m, 800m 4x100m, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot put and others will be competed for during the three days heats for the Greater Banjul zone. Mr Darboe however appealed to all participating schools to maintain discipline during the heats. National Athletes like long distance runner Ansu Sowe,Suwaibou Sanneh, Fatou Tiyana and Mama Gassama all hailed from the Inter Secondary School Athletics championship. The secondary schools are divided into four zones, namely, Greater Banjul zone with 17 schools from Senior category while 18 junior secondary schools will also line up from the zone. Other zones are Brikama zone, Farafenni zone, Armitage zone and Pakalinding, Berending and Basse Zones for the Junior category. Author: By Lamin Darboe Source: The Point GPA Move to Camp Tuesday, February 12, 2008 The Gambia Ports Authority have finally moved to camp with a twenty man squad at the friendship hotel of The Independence Stadium in Bakau on Sunday 10th February 2008, ahead of their weekend encounter with Es Bingerville of Ivory Coast. The 5th edition of the Caf Confederation championship cup will be played on Saturday 16th February 2008 at The Independence Stadium in Bakau. Speaking with Pointsports on their preparation for the big encounter, Ebrima Cham Joof alias Lukeh head coach of the 2007 G FA FA cup Champions GPA, said his team is well prepared for the match. “Our players are well focused and the team is really in fact, we have a good squad and all the players are working very hard”. He stated the only absentee from the team will be Sanna Nyassi, who is nursing an injury, “But we have a good squad and the boys are well focused. We’ve got new players included in the team and they are all ready to make sure we collect the three points.” he stated. Author: By Ebou Manneh Source: The Point |
