The Garden City of Port Harcourt will come alive from Monday the 12th to 17th of November as combat athletes from across the country converge in Port Harcourt for the first ever Rivers National Kickboxing and Karate championship.
Chairman local technical organizing committee, Segun Abude said the championship will serve as a preparatory ground for major competitions like the National Sports festival and Olympic games.
Abude who is also a former national champion heaped praises on the facilitator of the Championship, Chief Marco Purgatorio for reviving combat sports in the state.
“This championship is timely because it will put participating athletes in competition mood ahead of the national sports festival, which is less than 5 weeks from today and also serves as a template for potential representatives at the Tokyo Olympics”. Abude said
” Kudos must go to Chief Marco Purgatorio who has done well for the development of kickboxing and Karate in the state and country, both sports now have a face value in the state because we have somebody like Chief Marco”.
Meanwhile, the arrival of athletes is on 12th, November, registration, and accreditation on the 13th while competition will start on the 14th November at the indoor sports hall of the Alfred Diette Spiff Civic centre, Moscow road.
