Yesterday April 14, 2024 thousands of Liberians sports lovers and County officials gathered at different sporting venues to celebrate the official kick-off of the nation’s premier sports festival dubbed the National County Sports Meet.
The event was launched in an unusual style where the four hosting venues namely River Gee, Margibi, Nimba and Montserrado Counties all hosted separate group fixtures simultaneously and the participating counties fans were seen in attendance cheering without commenting on the delay along the way.
At the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Monrovia where Montserrado County is playing host to Bomi, Cape Mount and Gbarpolu Counties, Vice President Jeremiah Koung along with senators of different counties and the authorities of the Ministry of Youth and Sports shared the stand with other citizens from all works of life just to promote the typical Liberian culture and unite through sports.
The Vice President led the array of government officials and the event sponsors to a brief interaction with the players of the counties in the opening football match at a colorful ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
He then proceeded with a powerful kick from the sideline of the pitch as a sign of opening the event in Montserrado.
In other hosting counties, reports gathered suggests that the stadiums were all in blast for action from the early morning hours watching different counties supporters cheering and waving the flags of their respective counties.
The atmosphere became charged with the spirit of unity in the South Eastern region precisely in the city of Fish Town where the regional neighbors Grand Gedeh, Sinoe and Maryland Counties are hosted by River Gee County.
Nimba County as well made Sanniquille the city of attraction, according to local sports reporters by welcoming their neighbors Bong County along with Rivercess and Grand Kru Counties in Group C.
The Nancy Doe Sports Stadium in Kakata Margibi County is the host of Grand Bassa and Lofa Counties.
This year unlike other editions in the past the county meet is only witnessing two disciplines which are football and kickball.
