Sierra Leone Sports: Sierra Leone to host Karate Zone ll Championship

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Sierra Leone Karate Federation, President, Hsian Victor Edward Amara, said, “Sierra Leone is preparing to host the 2018 Africa Regional (Zone ll) Championship in collaboration with the Ministry Sport in Freetown.” The President, who won the bid in 2015, affirmed that the Regional body has given the green light to Sierra Leone to start early preparation for the event. According to Amara, the Karate Federation will go all out to host the championship, as it will create an avenue to promote the country’s image to the other competing nations. He adds, “The onus is now on the citizens, especially sport loving fans to give us their support during the championship. We are expecting the Ministry of Sport to come on board big time so as to stage one of the biggest Karate Championship in Zone ll of the Africa region”. The last competition was hosted this year in Conakry, Guinea, where team Sierra Leone won 11 medals (10 bronze and 1 silver medal) with the help of Sensei Suleiman Bah. Hsia Amara, confirmed that the preparations are on going. His technical team have trained 600 karate fighters, even though his initial plan was to prepare 1000 fighters for the event. In addition to that, Hsian Victor Edward Amara was appointed Acting President for Zone ll in the Union of Africa Karate Federation (UFAK) General Assembly and Championship recently held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Thursday June 15, 2017.

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