HON. HAMZA SOYE FORMALLY INAUGURATED GOMBE STATE TEQBALL ASSOCIATION AS NEW SPORTING EVENT

The Executive Chairman Gombe State Sports Commission Malam Hamza Adamu Soye ( Magajin Malam Doma) has today Thursday 23rd April, 2021 received the delegation of Nigerian Teqball Federation in his Office at Pantami Township Stadium, for the Formal inauguration of Gombe State Teqball Association.

In his address, the Chairman of the Gombe State Teqball Association Mr. Yakubu Sarma expressed his appreciation to Hon. Soye, and the entire people of Gombe State on the performance of the state in the just concluded National Sports Festival in Edo State. He also seek to partner with Gombe State Sports Commission to promote the Teqball forward.

Director Communications and Competitions Nigerian Teqball Federation Mr. Promise Uwaeme thanks the entire Management of the Commission for Supporting the event and presented the official Teqball Rules to the Executive Chairman on behalf of the General Secretary of NIGTEQ Mr Edede Emmanuel Ndudi.

In His response, Hon. Soye thanked them for the introduction of this new event in the State, and assured Commission’s support towards promoting Teqball event in all 11 LGA of Gombe State.

In attendance at the Inauguration were: the Commission’s Director of Sports, Director Admin and Finance, Director Technical, Accountant, Education Secretary Gombe Local Government among many others.

Teqball was invented in 2012 in Hungary by three Football enthusiasts: former professional player Gabor, Hungarian Businessman Gattyan, and Computer Scientist Viktor Huszar. The creative idea came from Gabor who Used to play football on a table tennis table.