Nigeria,s under 23 men and women Handball team began camping on saturday the 27th of this month in Abuja ahead of the Economic Organisation of West African State (ECOWAS),Games billed also for Abuja.According to the Secretary of the Handball Federation of Nigeria Olusola Luke,the team,s camping in Abuja would afford both teams the opportunity to train well for the Games.
In a related development the camping of Nigeria,s under 17 boys and girls team will resume on Monday the 30th of August in Kaduna.The camping resumed after a one week break which was due to the postponement of theCommonwealth Handball Championship billed for Cameroun.The Commonwealth Hanball Youth Championship will come up from the 8th to the19th of September in Yaounde Cameroun..
Meanwhile the finals of the under 20 Women International Handball Federation finals of the Challenge Trophy Zone 3 came on Saturday in Abidjan Cote di voire.The Nigerian Girls who spent two days on the road to get to Abidjan from Kaduna where they camped were worked over in their first match against host Cote di voire.
The defeated Liberia in their second match,beat Togo in their 3rd match and defeated Benin Republic in their 4th match.A victory for Nigeria will qualify them for the World Challenge Trophy which was created of by IHF to help in the development Handball around the World.
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