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THE ROWING,SAILING AND CANOEING FEDERATION HELD IT,S BOARD MEETING AT THE NIGERIA OLYMPIC COMMITTEE BOARDROOM LAST WEEK IN SURULERE LAGOS.
THE MEETING CHAIRED BY THE THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL FESTUS PORBENI REACHED FAR REACHING DECISIONS THAT WILL MOVE THE SPORTS FORWARD PART OF WHICH WAS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LAGOS STATE ROWING ASSOCIATION MR PATRICK EGBELE AS THE CHAIRMAN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION.
AN IMPRESSED EGBELE SAID THE APPOINTMENT WOULD AFFORD HIM THE OF RE POSITIONING THE SPORT FOR BETTER RESULTS.
OTHER FAR REACHING DECISIONS REACHED WAS THE ADOPTION OF ORGANIZING A NATIONAL ROWING TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD AT THE JABI LAKE ABUJA IN SEPTEMBER,THIS THE BOARD SAID WOULD AFFORD ALL THE ROWERS REPRESENTING THEIR VARIOUS STATE AT THE ROWING EVENT OF THE NATIONAL SPORT FESTIVAL BILLED FOR CALABAR CROSS RIVER STATE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE EVENT.
THE NATIONAL SPORT COMMISSION HAS ALLOWED FOR THE INCLUSION OF ROWING AS SCORING EVENT IN THIS YEAR;S NATIONAL SPORT FESTIVAL THE SPORT CARRIES 40 MEDALS.