Organisers of 5th edition of U-15 boys and girls Aare Bash Fakorede Football Competition have concluded plans to register 55 teams for the tournament.
Chairman Organising Commiittee, Taofeek Ajibola disclosed that 32 teams are expected to feature in boys category while 24 teams would take part in the girls category.
“We are still expecting more teams to come and register with our association. This competition is being sponsored by Aare Bash Fakorede, chairman/ CEO Bash Distinct Oil and it is a competition many club owners are looking forward to play so we are still registering the teams now until we get the the numbers we are looking for, ” he said.
Ajibola read a riot act on age cheating saying that any team parade ineligible or over age players would be disqualified and be replaced by another team.
“Age cheating is not allowed, we are using weight and facial appearance of players for the screening exercise and the players must be in secondary school because our association will not allow ineligible players to feature in the tournament,” he said.
The much-anticipated competition would kick off on 9, March 2024 at the Elegbata football pitch, Apogbon, Lagos Island.