The first-ever 3×3 Under-15 Basketball Championship to be organised by the Kwara State Basketball Association ended in Ilorin on Friday.
The competition was staged as part of activities to mark the 100 days in office of the current political leadership in the state.
“In the final game of the competition’s boys category, University of Ilorin’s secondary school, faced the Stadium Boys in the competition held at the outdoor courts of the Kwara Stadium.
It was the Stadium Boys who prevailed 8-7 to win the gold medal, while Unilorin and Offa claimed the second and third places respectively.
In the female category, Saint Charles college who presented two teams (A and B) claimed gold and silver while Unilorin ended in second place with the silver medal.
Abdulkadir Jubril from Unilorin won the most promising player award while the duo of Sunday Joshua (Stadium Boys) and Funmi Sarah (St. Charles college) won the currency.
During the event’s closing ceremony, Chairman of the association, Joseph Adeyemo, reiterated his board’s commitments to developing the game in the state.
“We will also re-evaluate the facilities on ground across all the local government areas (LGAs).”
He pledged to ensure that the 3 x 3 tournament became an annual event in the state.
Similarly, the chairman of the occasion, Tunde Kazeem, who is also the Kwara Director of sports, congratulated the basketball association for successfully holding the event which has given birth to new talents.
Kazeem also charged all the schools and teams which participated to continue to work hard for the upcoming National Youth Games (NYG).
