A  Gambia Athletics team comprising of 16 athletes left the country earlier this morning for Guinea Bissau by road to participate in the African Solidarity games from the 2nd to the 3rd June 2007.

The championship, organized by the West African Region, would be held from June 2nd to 3rd, 2007.

Speaking in a telephone interview with Pointsport last evening, Dodou Capi Joof, secretary general of the Gambia Athletics Association (GAA), said that he would be coordinating the games to gather with   Momodou Ndiaye from Senegal on behave of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

Mr. Joof revealed that the Gambian delegation will include Edirisa Chiko Njie as head of delegation, Bamba Njie, head coach and Sulayman Jobe as assistant coach and Abdoulie Kah.

The Gambian athletics team:

1-Suwaibou Sanneh

2-Suwaibou Jammeh

3-Momodou Njie

4-Ismaila Manga

5-Ebrima Ceesay

6-Momodou Kujabi

7-Lamin Badjie

8-Omar Ceesay

9-Dawda MS Ceesay

10-Lamin Sanneh

11-Sulayman Tamba

12-Fatou Tiana

13-Nyima Drammeh

14-Saruba Colley

15-Majula Giteh

16-Binta Saidy

17-Mariatou Gomez