{"id":20001,"date":"2013-02-05T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/02\/squash-trials-kick-off-in-minna\/"},"modified":"2013-02-05T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:00:00","slug":"squash-trials-kick-off-in-minna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/02\/05\/squash-trials-kick-off-in-minna\/","title":{"rendered":"Squash trials kick off in Minna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The Nigeria Squash Federation on Tuesday said that it has commenced preparation for the forthcoming Africa Senior Squash Championships billed for Windhoek, Namibia, on Feb. 19 to Feb. 23.<\/p>\n<p>The NSF\u2019s outgoing Secretary, Evelyn Fabunmi, told the <em>News Agency of Nigeria<\/em> in Lagos that the body had since commenced a closed camp in Minna, the Niger State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s selected players for the championship at Windhoek will depart for Namibia on Feb. 17, in the buildup to the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe opened our camp on Sunday with the invited players coming in to vie for spots in the team; we will ensure that we select only the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are participating in the men\u2019s singles, women\u2019s singles and the doubles events. Our players have shown that they are set to take over Africa,\u2019\u2019 Fabunmi said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the recent inauguration of the Professional Squash Players Association of Nigeria by the country\u2019s players, to organise competitions for them would also enhance their performance at competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the players were able to establish a forum that will organise competitions for them shows that their zeal for the game is unparalleled,\u2019\u2019 Fabunmi said.<\/p>\n<p>NAN recalls that the PSPAN was formed on Nov. 25 in Lagos by some of the country\u2019s professional squash players to organise competitions for them.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the formation of the association was due to the inability of the NSF to organise competitions on a regular basis for squash players.<\/p>\n<p>It was against this backdrop that the body organised its maiden competition at the Apapa Club on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"display-counter\" data-source=\"http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/wp-content\/themes\/punch\/lib\/counter.php?postid=89625&amp;server=http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Squash Federation on Tuesday said that it has commenced preparation for the forthcoming Africa Senior Squash Championships billed for Windhoek, Namibia, on Feb. 19 to Feb. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}