Britain bids farewell to Gambia’s Olympians

Olympic Stadium

Gambia’s Olympians and Paralympians have been given a send-off on July 13, 2012 at reception hosted by the British High Commission (BHC) in the country. 

Gambia is due to partake in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic competitions that are less than two weeks away. 

Gambia Government annul 21 sports bodies, disbands committees

Sports Minister Alieu K. Jammeh

The National Sports Council (NYC), an arm of Gambia’s Sports Ministry on Sunday announce it has  annul the registration of 21 sport associations and subsequently dissolve the executive committees that run them as of June 18. 

 

The Council said it will consult with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Alieu K. Jammeh, to identify those it called “credible people” to take charge of the affairs of the affected associations.

It added that it will ensure the associations go to congress and elect new executive committees in due course.

The sports associations whose status as national bodies have been revoked by the NYC include that of the Gambia Draught Association of which the current president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), Mr. Momodou Dibba belong and that of his rival Mr. Abdoulie Bax Touray, the Gambia Cycling Association. 

Sports Ministry condemn IOC’s ‘undiplomatic’ threats

Sports Minister Alieu K. Jammeh

Gambia’s Sports Ministry has said it abhors the distasteful tone of language used in a letter by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) addressed to the Gambia National Olympic Committee last week.

While exhorting the Gambia Government not to interfere with the affairs of the GNOC, the IOC called a sports tribunal established by the Youth and Sports Minister “so-called” in the wake of the publication of the tribunal’s findings on last year’s GNOC elections. 

However, the Sports Ministry in a letter addressed to the IOC President, Jacque Rogge, said it condemns the “undiplomatic threats” embedded therein.

Gambia: IOC takes a dim view of Government’s stance on GNOC elections

Sports Minister Alieu K. Jammeh

The Gambia’s Sports Ministry last week revived the ill-fated February 12, 2011 elections of Gambia National Olympic Committee, GNOC, by calling it “a farce.”

The Government’s stance followed the release of findings by a sports tribunal it setup to look into last year’s GNOC elections which saw Mr. Alhagie Momodou Dibba take the reins at the expense of Mr. Abdoulie Bax Touray who boycotted the polls.

“Such an election without the supervision of the National Sports Council which is mandated to do so by law could best be described as a farce. The credibility of the election of February 12, 2011 was largely diminished as a result of voting by non- eligible voters,” the ministry said on Tuesday.  

“The Council shall ensure the election of an Olympic committee in accordance with the Olympic Charter for the purpose of ensuring The Gambia’s effective representation at each Olympic Games and for carrying out functions relating thereto,” the Ministry added in its June 12 statement.

4th National Sports Journalists Award July 7

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the 4th Annual Sports Award Gala of the Sports Journalist Association of The Gambia (SJAG) will now be held on July 7, to coincide with International Sports Journalists Day commemoration.

The event to be staged at the Jerma Beach Hotel will as usual feature the awarding of sports personalities identified by the country’s media who have excelled in the past twelve months.

Britain’s Foreign Office Relish Upcoming Paralympic Games

London 2012 Olympic Stadium

With 100 days to the London 2012 Paralympic games, Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday that it is celebrating the Games, and their contribution to creating a more inclusive world.

“In 100 days, the Paralympic Games will come to the United Kingdom for the first time since its origins were founded in Britain in the 1948 Stoke Mandeville hospital games,” the 

Foreign office said in a May 21 statement. “From this humble beginning as a sporting event to help the rehabilitation of war veterans with spinal injuries, the Paralympic movement has grown phenomenally.”

Secondary schools sports to resume after ban

 St. Augustine Secondary School, Banjul (Pix: St. Augustine)

The ban on Secondary schools sports in the Gambia has been lifted by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) after 10 months.

The Gambia Government imposed a ban on one of the country’s biggest schools sporting competition following a bloody fracas between Armitage and Bansang Senior Secondary schools on February 12, 2011 during an “Inter School Zonal Athletic Championship” at Jangjangbureh, in the Central River Region (CRR).

Paralympic Exhibition Underway In Farafenni

• Posted by Modou S. Joof on May 31, 2010 at 10:30pm

·         Banjul, The Gambia (TNBES) The Gambia National Paralympics Committee on Tuesday morning in Farafenni NBR commence their sports exhibitions with the first event of the day featuring a one kilometer wheelchair race from AFPRC Hospital gate to the Farafenni multipurpose youth center.

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·         The delegated reporter of the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia (SJAG) Musa Fatty of Sports Digest said six contestants took part in the race and Salifu Kujabi came in first position; follow by Malang Tamba and Demba Jarjue in second and third position respectively.