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Bakau Super Cup giants get help

Bakau Super Cup champions, Banda FC, were recently presented with a set of football jersey and a cash amount of D1,500 by the first vice-president of The Gambia Football Association, Major General Lang Tombong Tamba. The items were presented to the Bakau Newtown based team at the Independence Stadium by The Gambia Football Association president Seedy Kinteh on bahlf of his friend and donor. Reacting to the gesture, Abdoulie (Pusty) Njie, president of Banda FC expressed gratitude with deep sense...

Bakau pushes Super Cup final to Saturday

Bakau Sports Committee has pushed forward their Super Cup final to Saturday, August 16, Hadda Bangura, president of the committee told Observer Sports yesterday. The Super Cup final, which will pit last season’s league champions, Jazz FC, against the knock-out winners Banda FC, was previous scheduled for Friday, August 15, but with Brikama also playing their final on the same day, Bangura believes rescheduling the final is necessary to give sports enthusiasts an option to watch both finals. ...

Brikama and Bakau set date for Super Cup finals

Both Brikama and Bakau have set Friday, August 15, as the date for their Super Cup finals - a traditional final that serves as a curtain raiser for the nawettan proper. The Brikama final will pit last year’s league champions, Berewuleng, against the knock-out winners, Daru Gifts, at the Brikama Mini-stadium. Bakau football will return to normalcy when Jazz FC take on Banda FC. And for the first time in many years, Bakau will be playing their nawettan games at the Independence Stadium as their...

Sun: Pirang Super Cup final

Knock-out champions, Armanti FC, will square off against league champions, Gamstar, in the Super Cup final of Pirang, on Sunday, July 13. The final which will serve as the curtain raiser to the 2008 Pirang nawettan season, will be graced by scores of dignitaries, including Mr Ansumana Jammeh of Jammeh Foundation for Peace, who will also take the kick-off. Hot on the heels of Sunday’s final will be the nawettan proper, which is scheduled to commence on Monday, July 14.

GBF Super Cup Kicks Off Tomorrow

The most awaited finals of The Gambia Basketball Super Cup finals will kick off on Saturday 3rd of May 2008 at the Manneh Sillah memorial cord in Banjul It’s been revealed to Pointsports. The finals, according to the organising committee, will kick of at 9pm between YMCA and Wallidan. The Super Cup will mark the opening of the national basketball league this season as most basketball fans were waiting for. The ticket cost is not yet known according to the information that was given to...

GVBA Super Cup Final Slated for March 24

The most awaited volleyball Super Cup final is slated for March 24, 2008, revealed Musa Kasa Taal, President of The Gambia Volleyball Association. The final is scheduled to take place at the Manneh Sillah memorial court in Banjul and will feature the defending champions the Interior male team who will lock horns with Gorilla of Banjul male. Speaking to Pointsports, the President Mr. Musa Cassa Taal said Old Jeshwang should have played the final with Interior but they have been suspended for...

Bun Gaye Praises Head Coach…

Alhagie Bun Gaye, who captained his team in the GFA super cup final on Friday, praised his team coach, Ebrima Cham Joof, after winning the 2008 title. Bun Gaye, speaking to Pointsports after his side’s victory said, “We have the youngest coach in the league; he is very focused and shows everybody respect in the team. Lukeh is a fine coach; during the short period that we worked with him he has shown good conduct. We really appreciate his effort as he came from a small team to manage a team as...

I Can Handle GPA- Head coach Vows…

The head coach of the 2008 GFA super cup champions GPA, Mr Ebrima Cham Joof, said that despite being the youngest coach in the first division league, he can handle the Ferry boys. Ebrima Cham Joof, Alias Lukeh, revealed this to Pointsports sports in a special interview at the Friendship Hostel, Independence Stadium, Bakau. “We are well prepared for our game; the team is intact and the players well focused”. We are intensively prepared; we train both in the morning and afternoon to get...

A/Forces, Samger make bright start

The Gambia Armed Forces FC and the Division One newcomers, Samger, have started their 2008 league campaign with a narrow, but hard-fought wins over their respective opponents, on Sunday. Abdou Darboe’s sixty-forth minute brace helped Armed Forces beat Sea View 1-0 in a thrilling encounter at Serrekunda West Mini-stadium. The setback saw coach Alagie Sarr started his Hotel Club sting with a defeat. Elsewhere at Serrekunda East Mini-stadium, Bakau United fell prey to Samger after a 0-1 defeat....

GFA Super Cup Final February 22

The Gambia football Association will finally play its super cup final on the 22nd of February 2008 at the Serekunda East Mini Stadium between Real De Banjul and GPA. This was revealed to Pointsports by the Secretary General of the GFA ,Mr Jammeh EK Bojang. He said, “We have slated the date for the super cup final between last seasons league champions Real de Banjul and the FA winners GPA”. He said the national league will kick off in the first week of March 2008. “We are still looking for...