Bamenda Pre-season Tournament: Testing Ground For Talents

 By Mboh Promise


Match officials and some players on day one.


The first of its kind, the Bamenda Pre-season Solidarity Tournament has been launched.

The football tournament which includes two elite one clubs, two elite two clubs, three regional league clubs and one third division team was launched Friday February 4 at Saint Paul field in Bamenda.

Organized by FECAFOOT North West with other sponsors like the Management of Option Sports, the tournament is to test and prepare football clubs in the region as the new football season is scheduled to start on February 21, 2022.

According to the organizing committee, the outnumbered football clubs in the region is one of the reasons why they had to launched the competition in order to get the players ready for the new season.

"Our motivation stems from the fact that professional teams are increasing in the North West region every year but to effectively prepare for their respective championships, they have to travel kilometers away to take part in solidarity championships...," A statement from Nji Nelson, organizing committee president reads.

Rangers FC Bafut and Hilltop Strikers during the launching ceremony


The organizing committee also revealed that the short time beautiful tournament will be handle by carefully selected elite referees with the help of FECAFOOT North West president, Mbigha Njah Felix.

The tournament involves eight football clubs in total; Yong Sportst Academy, PWD  of Bamenda, Foncha Street FC, Rangers FC Bafut, Hilltop Strikers, Rainbow FC, Bafmeng United and Option Sports of Bamenda.

Venue is Saint Paul field, Mile 3 Nkwen


The tournament, which started on February 4 will run till February 15.

Day one saw newly promoted elite two club, Rangers FC Bafut shared points with regional league club, Hilltop Strikers after a 1-1 draw.

Yong Sports Academy faced a challenging 1-0 defeat from regional league club, Bafmeng United in the secondatch of the competition.

Day two (February 5 ) fixtures:

-PWD of Bamenda vs Option Sports, 1pm

-Rainbow FC vs Foncha Street FC, 3pm.


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