2019 BET9JA ROYAL CUP DRAWS SEPT. 4

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO

Draws for the 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup will hold on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area near Warri, Delta State.

This is contained in a press statement signed by Mr. Jarock Ujewe, by Media and Communications Lead, 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup, on behalf of the Main Organizing Committee, he disclosed that the draws will take place at Wellington Hotel, Effurun.

According to the statement, there will be an orientation workshop for coaches and football agents, who will be taking part in the tournament before the draws proper.

Mr. Ujewe added, “Messrs Kelvin Omuojine and Henry Abiodun will be the lead speakers at the workshop to be joined by Eddie Iseri Ogbemudia, Executive Director, Myron Topclass Sport Outfits and other seasoned facilitators.

The statement further added that Mr. Omuojine , a legal practitioner with strong bias for sports laws will handle the talk on Solidarity Funds and Training Compensation Benefits to Grassroot Coaches, while Mr. Abiodun, Director, Coaching Education Football Coaches Association of African Nations( FCAAN) with 31 years of experience at various levels of the game, will deliver a paper on Basic Principles of Coaching, Technical, Tactical, Psychological, Physical Needs of Grassroot Footballers.

The statement further reads, ‘the workshop will only be open for coaches of registered teams for the Bet9ja Royal Cup, who will pass through accreditation process to access the venue. We use this opportunity to remind teams yet to register for the competition to do so between now and August 24th, 2019, when the exercise will officially wind down.”

The 2019 Royal Cup is the 13th edition of the grassroot soccer showpiece, which began in 2006. This is the first time, teams from all 25 local government areas of Delta State will feature in the tourney.

Qualifying matches for the competition will kick off on September 14, 2019.

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