The maiden edition of the Confederation of African
Athletics (CAA), Zone II U-18 and U-20 Championships will now take place in
Accra, the Ghanaian capital.
The decision to move the Championships to Accra was
was taken by the Executive Committee of the regional athletics body.
The President of the Confederation of African
Athletics (CAA), Zone II, Chief Tonobok Okowa, said, “Yes we had initially
agreed to stage the competition in Dakar, Senegal but we have to moved it to
Accra because of some logistics reasons.”
The CAA Zone II President, Tonobok Okowa, who is also
a Vice President of Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), and the President
of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), stated that Ghana is an excellent
replacement for Senegal.
“Last year Ghana hosted the CAA Zone II Senior
Athletics Championship which was an Olympic Games Qualifiers and they did a
good job, a near perfect host they were.”
Okowa believes that Ghana will be a choice destination
for the young ones who will be competing for honours in the U-18 and U-20
Championships which will now hold in May or June this year.
The Sports Complex of the University of Legon Accra,
Ghana is expected to be used for the two-in-one athletics competition.
“We are using the event to prepare for the African
Youth Championship in July,” Okowa the former Chairman of Delta State Sports
Commission (DSSC), added
The Confederation African Athletics Championships 2025
for the U-18 and U-20 will be held in Oran, Algeria from the 14 to 18 July
2025.
The continental body had initially awarded the hosting
rights to the CAA African Athletics U-18 and U-20 Championships in 2025 to
Madagascar during the CAA Council Meeting in Douala, Cameroon on June 20, 2024.
The Championships is expected to attract more than 500
athIetes from 50 countries.
Meanwhile,, the Confederation of African Athletics
(CAA) is set to hold its yearly Congress in Oran on 12 and 13 July, 2025,
before the start of this continental sporting event.
In a related development, Secretary General of the
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Israel Inwang, said the Federation will
be using the rescheduled Awoture U-15, U-18 and U-20 Championships as National
trials for the CAA Zone II U-18 and U-20 Championships.
“Our trials are crucial for selecting Nigeria’s
representatives for the regional Championships. Rescheduling allows our
athletes ample time to train and compete at their best,” Inwang added.
The Awoture U-15, U-18 and U-20 Championships will be
staged in Asaba, Delta State, South South, Nigeria.
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