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Tough contest in national wrestling championship

Jul 2, 2012, 3:12 PM | Article By: Adama K. Jallow

After thorough preparations by wrestlers from various regions, the 1st national wrestling championship, which began last Friday, was tightly contested by participants.

The competition started with various categories from which those qualified were chosen on Saturday to contest on Sunday when the best wrestler is expected to emerge.

In the second day, on Saturday, the qualifiers faced each other yesterday, Sunday, for the maiden title.

As at Saturday, Banjul and West Cost Region came out with 20 points each while Kanifing Municipal Council and North Bank Region emerged with 5 points each.

Other individual competitions were also conducted on Sunday.