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Daniel Salifu U14 Tourney: P. Strikers Academy first to confirm participation

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson ✍️ 
 
L-R: P. Strikers Academy players flanked by their Head coach and the tournament organizer - (©: Lamin S. Kamara)

As the momentum continue to build for this year's edition of one of Makeni's most consistent youth tournament, Daniel Salifu U14 Tournament, rising soccer academy in Bombali District, P. Strikers are the earliest to confirm their participation in the championship scheduled to kickoff this Sunday. 

This means the emerging soccer academy is set to make a history participation at a major tournament since the club was established few months ago.
In a Thursday night public correspondence authored by the academy's Head of Media and Marketing Lamin S. Kamara, the academy notified the football family, especially their supporters about their "participation in the 2024 Daniel Salifu Samura Under14 Football Competition 5th Edition," underway at Mabanta Community playing field. 

The correspondence cited that the Academy's initial plans and enthusiasm to compete in this prestigious event," reflects their management's committee to enable "the young lads, ready and determined to honor there first every competition."
The release further read that: "Head Coach Ibrahim Kamara popular known as Cannavaro have made a promise to the management of P. Strikers that he is not going there to showcase but to bring the gold medal for the Academy." 
Although the tournament organizers are yet to officially publicize the fixtures of the tournament, it's anticipated that this year's edition of the Daniel Salifu U14 Tournament organized by Radio Mankneh's Alimamy Lawrence Turay and his colleagues with the vision to blend education and football will see holders BWB Foundation among other regular suspects of the annual football festival igniting smiles on the faces of both players and officials of the participating teams, competing for the trophy.

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