British High Commissioner to Nigeria , on Saturday commended Tony International Gymnastics (TIG) for organising grassroots competition.
TIG in collaboration with French embassy organised ‘Gymnastics/Ballet talents hunt’ competition from age 3 to 12 years at the French International School in Abuja.
She said that she was impressed to see kids in their different performance in gymnastics .
” I’m really amazed by the standard of talent here. Fantastic performance and it’s really nice to see and watched the kids performance .
“it’s a combination of raw talent and the resources you put into it couple with the dedication of the coaches and my daughter is also performing this very impressive competition.
” It’s very good ,sports ( gymnastics)and encouraging talent to build up and grow But like all sports, you need resources in order to reach the highest level.
“I think it’s a combination of scouting for talent, encouraging children to stick with it, some children get to a certain age and other distractions come in,” she said
She said that parent’ need to encourage them (children ) to continue in sports activities and in other to breed success in sports.
“ The more they see other children performing in competitions and succeeding, the more that will inspire other children to come out to compete.
“This type of Competition will help to discover raw talent, to scout for athletes that will competition in Olympic standard of competition, ”she said
Speaking on his part the head master of the French International School Abuja, Alain Chassard, said is impressed to see the large number of students participating in the competition.
“ We are very happy to meet so many children coming in today.
” it’s the first competition, we have organized since two years due to the Covid 19 situation and it’s like the school reversed again,” he said.
We are very happy to meet so many children from different schools and for this competition am very happy for this magnitude .
” A lot of this kids are our students and some from other schools and it’s very nice to see the levels of sports in gymnastics sprouting and everybody seems to be happy here.
” The parents, children, it’s a very good competition and event ,these kids are wonderful to see them competition,” he said
