As
the 2016/2017 national handball league signals, the Gambia Handball Association
(GHA) recently organised a pre-tournament meeting with team representatives at
its secretariat at the national stadium in Bakau.
Top
on the agenda was GHA’s preparations ahead of the tournament, among others. The
rules and regulations that govern and guide the mandate of GHA were also
reviewed and made clear for better understanding of participating teams.
It
is clear that some athletes are still facing bans and are not eligible to play
in the national handball league until their bans are lifted, but teams’
representatives utilized the gathering and urged the handball governing body
GHA to be flexible as well as lift the punishment placed on the players.
Meanwhile,
the teams that have confirmed their participation in the male category are:
Warriors HC, Kong Bi HC, Saamasang HC, Police HC, GAF HC, Lions Heart HC,
Farato United HC and Nema Kunku United HC.
Those
for the female category are: Warriors, Saamasang, Police, Lion Hearts, GAF,
Nema Kunku, Farato and The Gambia Immigration Service respectively.
Defending
champions Warriors will entertain the Police in both male and female categories
in the games opener.
Warriors
girls will play against the Police female at 15:00 GMT while Warriors male team
will lock horns with the Police boys in the day’s late and final game.
The
national stadium handball court will host both opening games.
On
Sunday 26 February 2017 all attention will be shifted to Westfield Bambo
roadside area for the launching of Street Handball in the Gambia supported by a
GHA friend from Denmark.