Freestyle
Football and music lovers in Lagos will have cause to celebrate as the
South-West regional edition of the Nigerian Freestyle Football
Championship will hold at Rowe Park on Saturday, June 22,2019.
The
audition will be hosted by viral street dance sensation ‘Poco Lee’ and
will also feature appearances by ‘Raybekah’ and Brainee. The audience
will also be treated to various side attractions specially curated by
the Feet ‘n’ Tricks team.
The
auditions were announced by Feet ‘n’ Tricks after its re-appointment as
host of the 2019 edition of the African Freestyle Football
Championship. The announcement comes on the heels of the successful
hosting of the 2018 edition by Feet ‘n’ Tricks International.
The
best male and female freestyle footballers at every regional audition
will go home with NGN 100,000 each (One Hundred Thousand Naira each)
while the second and third place winners will win NGN 75,000 (Seventy
Five Thousand Naira) and N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) respectively.
The
championship began in 2017 and witnessed major growth in 2018 as it
morphed into the African Freestyle Football Championship with the
support of major Nigerian brands and a larger discovery and
participation of freestyle footballers from across Africa.
Freestyle
Football is described by the WFFA as "the art and sport of juggling a
football using all parts of the body to entertain audiences and
outperform opponents; a fusion of tricks with a ball, dance and music."
Registration
for this year’s tournament is currently open to both male and female
freestylers of African descent who wish to attend, and can be done via
the body's website www.feetandtricks.com.
The
Nigerian contestants will be shortlisted through four (4) Regional
Championships that will be hosted in Abuja, Warri, Owerri and Abuja in
June and July this year, at the following venues and dates - at Rowe
Park Yaba, Lagos on June 22; Brownhill Event Centre, Warri, on June 30th; Cubana Lounge, Owerri on July 6th and at the Central Park, Abuja on July 13th.
The
shortlisted participants who emerge from the qualifying rounds will
contest at the finals which will hold on September 14th and 15th, 2019,
at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos.
Chairman
of Feet 'n' Tricks International, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, who spoke ahead
of the event, said, "We are pleased about making progress in sustaining
the drive to pave a new direction for freestyle football in Africa. We
are also scouring the grassroots to discover potential talent. So far,
we have been to National Stadium, various points in Yaba, Ajegunle,
Obalende and Okokomaiko and will still visit other grassroot points
across Nigeria. Freestyle Football has so many developmental potentials
which include job creation and recreation. ‘We will work on the
continuous development of African freestyle talent and continually
exploit all available resources to create more awareness for the sport.’
he added.
The
Championship this year will be covered live by Startimes in 30
countries in Africa where they are present and also on their digital
channels. There will also be a host of other media partners at the
events.
Freestyle football is one of the fastest growing aspects of the soccer game worldwide.
More information about Freestyle Football opportunities and the 2019 schedule can be accessed via the organization’s website www.feetandtricks.com
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