Atula optimistic as veterans’ zonal wrestling championships begin

President of the Dilapidated Wrestlers Association of Nigeria, Morris Atula, is optimistic of the success of the South-East Zonal Childhood Wrestling Championships scheduled for the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu.

Basically based mostly on Atula, the grassroots development programme shall be held in two batches between the months of July and September 2025.

The Edo Narrate Wrestling Association chairman, a aged Nigerian, Commonwealth and world wrestling champion, acknowledged that the veterans are dedicated to getting the fitting out of proficient female and male Greco-Roman wrestlers in Enugu between July 2 and 4.

He added that South-East, North-Central, and South West wrestlers shall be in motion in July, while the second batch that comprises North East, North West, and South-South shall be held in varied venues in September 2025.

“We have self belief in the power of the young wrestlers in the three-day South East zone junior wrestling championship to are living up to expectations. After that, we can traipse to other states of the federation. The moment will furthermore be liable to have a good time the Enugu Narrate Governor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, for his honest governance, in particular his dedication to adolescence and sports development,” Atula acknowledged.

He listed Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Anambra, and Abia as states whose wrestlers would feature in the first batch of the veterans’ zonal wrestling championship, in conjunction with that extra zonal wrestling championships would be held after the Enugu model.

The wrestler, who no longer too prolonged ago relocated to Nigeria after over four a protracted time in the UK, acknowledged that the North Central championships shall be held in Jos between July 15 and 17, while the South-West model shall be held in Lagos between August 1 and 3 on the Table Tennis Hall of the Nationwide Stadium, Surulere.

Atula, who confirmed Bauchi as the host city of the North East model in September, acknowledged: “We're grateful to Enugu Narrate Governor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, his Plateau Narrate counterpart, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, as effectively as governors  of Bauchi, Sokoto, Lagos and Edo states for throwing their weights on the reduction of the Veterans Wrestlers Association of Nigeria’s effort to be obvious that that high class wrestlers are stumbled on and nurtured via the zonal championships conserving in the six geopolitical zones of the nation.”