Mark D’Ball Basketball Championship Holds in Abuja

Olawale Ajimotokanin Abuja

The Mark D’Ball Basketball Championship will hold in Abuja next year as an expanded competition that will feature both male and female basketball teams drawn from across the nation.

The winners are to be presented with trophies and undisclosed cash prizes.

The initiator of the tournament which was birthed in Otukpo, Benue State, Igoche Mark disclosed this at the unveiling of the trophies for the tournament yesterday in presence of state basketball chairmen and their representatives, elected members of the Nigeria basketball, coaches, team owners, veteran basketball players and active players.

He said the championship will start on January 8 with 20 teams, to be followed by the male competition to kick off on January 22.

Mark noted that the male event expected to feature 12 team will run for 12 weeks.

He further added that the organisers will work with stakeholders to determine the modalities of how the championship will be organised.

Mark, the founder of Mark Mentors, said registration is open to all the teams from across the country.

He, however, declared the organisers will apply ballot system to pick the participating teams if they get more than 12 teams for both the male and female teams.

He declared Mark D’ Ball Basketball Championship as the continuation of their contribution to the sustainable development of basketball.

Mark also used the unveiling to declare his intention to vie for the Presidency of the NBBF as a representative of the North Central on the basketball federation board.

He said there is the need for the stakeholders to come together and resolve all their differences in order to grow and develop basketball in the country.