It was the first time that Para-sport had been represented at the Conference, a bi-annual event which is known as the biggest youth gathering in Gambia, with Gambian National Paralympic Committee President Sulayman Colley predicting this will help to raise the profile further. 

"This is what we have been yearning for years, so what we are hoping now is that the regions that are here and see what we are able to do by producing two wheelchair basketball teams from Banjul and Kanifing," he said.