As the 3rd Governor Douye Diri National Wrestling Classics gets underway this weekend, President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali, has assured that this year’s tournament will witness glamorous activities more than previous years.
Igali, who made the promise while appearing in Radio Bayelsa 97.1 FM, a Yenagoa based radio station on Friday (1st of November, 2024), said 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 represent the country in Casablanca, Morocco 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 watchout for. As you know, Esther Kolawole just won a bronze medal at 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 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 commences on Tuesday 5th of November with Gre-Roman taking the centre stage and opening ceremony on Wednesday a day after.
