{"id":12780,"date":"2022-12-26T11:34:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/38-athletes-represent-the-north-at-the-boxing-day-sport-meet-in-bo-city"},"modified":"2022-12-26T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:58:11","slug":"38-athletes-represent-the-north-at-the-boxing-day-sport-meet-in-bo-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/38-athletes-represent-the-north-at-the-boxing-day-sport-meet-in-bo-city","title":{"rendered":"38 Athletes Represent The North at The Boxing Day Sport Meet in Bo City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Northern Region Athletics Association headed by its president Moses Robinson Koroma in preparation for this year\u2019s Boxing Day Sport organised a day trial for all the athletes at the different camps in the region earlier this month at the Ernest Bai Koroma University field in Makeni.<\/p>\n<p>A total of thirty-eight (38) athletes ranging from 100m, 200m, 400m, 1,400, 5000m, 1,500m, short-put, and Javelin throw to Long Jump comprising both the men and women\u2019s categories have been put together to represent the region.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cPapaya\u2019s Athletic Camp\u201d in Makeni owned by the region\u2019s Head Coach Alpha Kamara top the chart with twenty-six athletes including all five qualifiers for the 100m men with Ibrahim D. 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The Northern Region Athletics Association headed by its president Moses Robinson Koroma in preparation for this year\u2019s Boxing Day Sport organised a day trial for all the athletes at the different camps in the region earlier this month at the Ernest Bai Koroma University field in Makeni. 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