Monrovia-The 2023 edition of the Barnesville Estate Areas football and kickball tournament is expected to commence on Saturday September 3, 2023 at the Barnesville Estate Sports pitch.
The annual sports festival is sponsored by Montserrdo County District 11 Representative Richard Koon this year and will be organized by Super BOSA Old-timers Sports Association.
According to the organizers 26 teams are expected to participate in the league that will last for a month.
Super BOSA president CLL. Milton D. Taylor told FrontPage Africa that the Barnesville Estate Areas football competition is an annual football league and assured residents and football lovers of District 11 and the Barnesville community that everything is on course for the kickoff of the league.
CLL. Taylor revealed that Super BOSA was chosen to host the estate league based on the association continues support to sports development among the youth in District #11 and assured Representative Koon of his association readiness to host the tournament
Said CLL. Taylor “The sponsor of this tournament is District #11 Representative Richard Koon and we Super BOSA have been called upon to host the league and we are playing that role and according to the organizing committee of the tournament 26 teams are going to participate in the tournament 13 in the football category and another 13 in the kickball category’
He said the aim of the tournament is to help bring together the estate and the district communities members.
He is therefore calling on fans and sympathizers or spectators that will go to support their respective area teams not to run on the field in case there is a goal or under any other circumstances because such situation could cause serious setback for the continuation of the game and that anyone caught involve in such acts they will be punished.
“We just want to call on the public to be responsible enough though we have setup a mechanism to ensure that security will be given the go-ahead to take total control of the movement of team fans and spectators so that we won’t just have random activities going on doing game time because we want everything to be well organized’
“I’m calling on players of both football and kickball teams to try their best and follow the rules of the game for the common growth of their talents or skills.” He voiced.