CULTIVATING THE GRASS ROOTS !
The KAA Athletics Development Officer (and President !), Tierata Taukaban, is currently holding a Camp for Primary School athletes, based at the National Stadium. The 12-session Course is based on Kids' Athletics and Run-Jump-Throw. Initially the group was smaller than the capacity of 32 (16 boys and 16 girls), in spite of advertising. The hope is that word-of-mouth will boost the numbers !
The I-Kiribati Primary School students, as in other Pacific Island countries, have great enthusiasm and huge potential in Track and Field. Such initiatives as Tierata is engaged in will help to channet and develop these, to the improvement of standards in the Primary Schools, and ultimately in the teams from Kiribati !
He intends to run the Course (on weekday mornings) until January 22, then have a competition for the attendees.
Last Modified on 08/01/2008 09:17