Chris Awhawha
As the 3rd Governor Douye Diri National Wrestling Classics gets underway this weekend, the President Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Honourable Daniel Igali has hinted that this year’s tournament will witness glamorous activities more than previous years.
Honourable Igali made the assertion while appearing in Radio Bayelsa 97.1 FM, a Yenagoa based radio station on Friday.
According to Igali, the annual Wrestling Classics will bring together the worlds of sport and entertainment to actively contribute to a better wrestling world.
Igali also noted the commitment of the NWF to help promote access to wrestling and engage fans of the sport in an effort to create positive change.
“This is our National Championship, and we will use this to select our athletes that will take to Casablanca next year for the African Championships. And we have different categories of wrestling this Classics, Gre-Roman, men freestyle and women freestyle and each of them we have 10 weight classes.”
“We have a lot of stars to whatchout for. As you know, Esther Kolawole just won a bronze medal in the u23 World Wrestling Championships in Albania and Mercy Genesis, Hannah Reuben, Ogunsanya Christianah, Stephen from Bayelsa and a host of others rising up.”
“There will be fans engagement and raffle draw where a lot of good prices would up for grabs, so we call on everyone to come out in their numbers to experience one of the biggest sporting events in the country.” Igali said.
The championship will be graced with the presence of chief of defence staff, Gen. Chris Musa and the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi MFR as special guests of honour.
The 3rd Governor Douye Diri National Wrestling Classics has 3rd November as the arrival date, while Monday follows with AGM and technical meetings and draws.
Action attraction commences on Tuesday 5th of November with Gre-Roman taking the centre stage and opening ceremony on Wednesday a day after.