Gambia U-13 Cricket Team Warms Up For Regional Tournament

The Gambia U-13 cricket team is getting set for a Regional tournament billed to take place in Accra, Ghana on January 10th2009.

The North/West Africa tournament will feature six participating countries namely; Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mali, Cameroon, Nigeria and The Gambia.

Johnny Gomez, President of The Gambia Cricket Association said the team is preparing and training very hard for the tournament adding that he is very optimistic of positive results in Ghana.

He said the U-17 cricket team made an encouraging performance in the just concluded tournament in Nigeria by finishing 4th.

"The U-19 cricket team will also make an international outing and are equally training at the July 22ndsquare," he stated.