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West African Games will form part of Nigeria's independence celebrations

Lagos, June 29.

Nigeris is to be host to 323 athletes and officials from eight West Africah countries, Britain, the United States, Australia and the West Indies who are taking part in West Africa Games to be held in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, as part of her independence celebrations in October this year.

The Games which are expected to be run on similar lines to the Pan American Games, the Asian Games and the European Games will last from October 5 to October 9. There is hope that they will mark the beginning of large scale international competitions among the rapidly emerging and developing nations of West Africa.

At the forthcoming meeting. there will be only four events: football, athletics, boxing and table tennis.

boncerned

Lawn tennis has been dropped at the express wish of the as- while socialions

withming and wrestling, which have been described as in digenous African sports, have also been dropped as they are hot well organised country.

Participants

in

this

The eight West African coun- tries taking part are: Nigeria, #ith 95 competitors; Ghana, with B1; Stetro Leone, with 28: French Sudan and Portuguese guinea, with 18 each; Fernando Fa, with 12; Dahomey, with 8 and Togo with 5, making a total of 275 competitors. Liberia may become a ninth West African rolipelitor.

In adaltion there will be 48 athletes from the Olympic teams of Britain, the United States, Australla and the West Indics, making a grand total of $23 athicles altending the Games, without any sent by Liberia

In addition to the Games, team of West African athletes. which will be made up of win- ners in their respective events. will compete against a team of the Overseas Olympic Teams (Britain, the United States, Australia and the West Indies), on Saturday, October 8, on a non-scoring basis.

ments.

It will consist of two from Nigeria representatives and ene from each of the other countries.

There will also be the com- position of adequately repre sentative juries of appeal and lists of technical officials con- ducting each sport. In addition there will be a committee of three, which shall form a Court of Appeal to decide all questions of a non-technical nature out- side the jurisdiction of the juries

Nigeria and Ghana in all ten weights for a trophy taking the place of the Millington-Drake trophy. Competitors and officials will be as arranged between the two national boxing associations. Any other West African country can enter boxers if they wish and arrangements will then be an additional com- made for petition. There

will be

a triangular match between Nigeria, Ghana, and the Sierra-Leone in table tennis but, single competition of appeal. will be welcomed from any other country. Again com- petitors and officials will be as arranged, between the national associations.

In athletics, competilign will be open only to those West African countries which amiliales of the International Athlétion Federation.

Rules out

This rules out must of the the West African countries int

area, since French-speaking West African countries in the! French zones are not affiliates Athletics of the International Federation.

Entries are expected to be confined to not more than two for each event, men or women, and one team for each relay.

on

Opening ceremony The Games will be modelled the miniature form, in

Commonwealth Olympic and

There will Games.

be lapel cards for badges and identity the Press and other categories of those attending the Games.

The opening ceremony of the Games on October 3, will take place in the Stamum, where mvel of the Games events will be held. It will be followed by a programme of displays and other exhibition events. The closing ceremonies will be on October 9,

The New National stadium is being built at a cost of well over £1,000,000 and is expected one of the best sports to be arenas in the world, and cer- jainly the best in Africa. When completed, it will be capable of holding about 45,000 people.

To ensure that the various sports are conducted in accor- dance with the technical rules and regulations of the Interna-is hoping to be given the a opportunity of playing host to tional Federation concerned,

With this new stadium, Nigeria

A sum of £75,000 has been Technical Committee will be set the British Empire and Com-

Games up to take over complete con-monwealth Games as early

earmarked for the

through the Independence Cele- brations Committee by the Federal Government of Nigeria which is financing the entire Games,

Games Village

Out of this amount, £15,000 will be spent on the return fares of visiting teams, including the Olympic Athletes and their officials, together with such officers of the International Olympic Committee and British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation, as are invited to attend as distinguished guests.

The Organising committee of the West African Games is pro- viding a Games Village in a self-contained portion of the new Workers' Housing Estate of the Lagos Executive Development Board at Suru-Lere on the mainland of Lagos. Sleeping and toilet facilities will be provided there, and catering and rẻcren- tional facilities will be available at the Lagos Teachers' Training College, situated about 400 yards from the new National Stadium where the Games will be held.

It is estimated that furnish- Ing the Games Village houses to simplë standards will cost some £14,000, while the daily cost of food and refreshments will amount to about £7,000. Medals will be provided for the First, Second and Third competitors in each event" with two sets of "Thirds' for Boxing, Football and Table Tennis and a Commemorative Medal for all

those participating, either

competitors, team officials

technical afficials.

Special medals

In the athletics match between

trol of the lechnical arrange-1986.-China Mall Special.

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THE CHINA MAIL

Engaged to soccer idol

It's stil unofficial-bat England Boccer captain Johnny Haynes, handsome hero of hundreds of women fans, will soon be announcing his engagement to 23-year-old cabaret dancer Elleen Farmer (in picture), from Knights. bridge.

They met two years ago ou holiday in Jersey (folinny was holidaytag, she was work- cabaret). When

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Johnny and the Fulham team flew to Italy recently, Eileen went with them along with the club wives-London Ex- press Photo..

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1960.

JAPAN HAS 5-YEAR For SUPREME ENJOYMENT

PLAN TO TRAIN OLYMPIC SWIMMERS

Tokyo, June 30,

Teenage Japanese swimmers with international experience should be ready to capture swim- Ming Honours for Japan at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The Japanese Amateur Swimming Federation re- eently announced a five-year scheme, with the emphasis on youth and experience, to develop Japan's swimming strength for the Tokyo Olympics.

The plan covers swimming. diving and water pole.

The Federation says that it; will invite to Japan 15 leading Rope Olymple swimmers and divers for next year's National Swimming Championships,

Promising Japanese swim- mers and divers will be sent oversees to gain experience in Internalánal competition and foreign coaches will be invlied to Japan.

Programme

A nationwide series uf swimming competitions are to be organised for schoolchildren to stimulate their interest and to develop the best swimmers.

The programme, outlined. by the Federation is:

-1960--Concentrate

on

Rome Olympic Games.

Union this year and next, Foreign coaches will be in- vited to attend the 1961 Na- Honal Championships.

Diving

For diving, the Federation's plan is:

1960 Compete in the Rome Olympics.

1981 Send divers to the United States the Soviet Union.

or

1968 - Compete in The Asian Games.

1963 The United States. Japan competitions.

1964 Tokyo's Olympics.

An almost similar programme is being arranged for water polo tears.

To develop Japan's student the swimmers, the Federation is to hold a system of "school-year"

In

1961 Invite 15 swimmers competitions in which children and divers who took part in the of the same. age groups will Rome

Games to attend the compete against each other. National Championships here. present conditions, first year Send ten outstanding High students often compete, with School boy swimmers overseas little chance of success, against to the United States, Hawaii or much older students,

girls' the Philippines. Send a team to Hawail. Send similar groups each year unit the 1864 Olympics.

1962 - Compete in the Fourth! Asian Games at Djakarta. Send mer's team to the United States.

a

1983 Concentrate on the sixth United States-Japan cham- pionships in Tokyo.

1964 The Tokyo Olympics.

According to a survey prepar- ed by the Federation, Japan's swimmers in the past have given their best performances at ages between 18 and 20.-China Mail Special.

Sports Diary

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2nd Division: CCC v HKPSA. 4

The Federation says that one or two Japanese conches ¦ 4 will sindy swimming tech-. niques in Australia, the Unit FC

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a West African Team and an Overseas Olympics Team, all competitors taking part will be given a special silver com-

· memorative medal, without distinction.

sports and

Sixteen committees have been set up to deal with all aspects of the Games in the short time available. The Chairman of the 16 commluck, together with Officials of Nigerian Olympic British Empire and Common- wealth Games Association, and representatives of other organisations concerned, form the Organising committee.

The

10 Committees deal respectively with sports, finance, communication, medical affairs, traffic accommodation, press publicity ceremonial, medals and insignia, reception and entertainment,

tickets, transport, publications, catering. voluntary services, and general purposes.

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At the Games, hot all the countries are expected to com- pete in oil the events. Football is to be connned to the four countries whose national teams have entered the Angl stages of the Kwame Nkruma Gold Cup for the West Africap Football Chanelinkap. Players and the numbers of officlit will be as: Egogued by the E African Football Federaligo.

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