The Teslim Balogun
Stadium will on Friday, June 10, 2016 host the finals of the GTBank-Lagos State
Principals Cup; the biggest grassroots soccer competition in West Africa.
Now in its 7th year, this season’s finals promises to be an exhilarating encounter
between two teams as they stake their claim as ultimate champions of the
prestigious tournament.
In the boys’
category, Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School who won the title in 2012 &
2014 will be seeking to permanently retain the trophy as they go in search of
their 3rd title. Debutants Ejigbo Senior Secondary School will be playing for
glory, having eliminated Keme Balogun Grammar School in a keenly contested
semi-finals battle.
In the girls’
category, defending champions; Ikotun Senior High School will be playing for
glory as they seek to defend their title against their old nemesis; CMS Senior
Girls Grammar School, in what will be a rematch of the 2013 finals wherein the
latter lost 4-2 on penalties. Will history continue as we know it or will history
be rewritten; is a story that will be told when these titans collide at the
Teslim Balogun stadium.
Winners will be
rewarded with the sum of N750,000.00, N500,000.00 and N350,000,00 for the 1st
,2nd and 3rd place winners respectively in both male and
female categories.
Over the years, the
GTBank Lagos State Principals Cup has produced exceptional players at country
and club levels. Yetunde Fajobi of Government Senior College, Agege, and Esther
Adeboye of State High School, Alimosho (2014 edition players) were part of the
Nigerian U-17 national team (The Flamingos) that qualified for the 2016 FIFA
U17 World Cup. Amongst some of the notable players
discovered in this year’s competition are; leading goal scorer in the Girls
category, Edemekop Ndiana from CMS Girls Grammar School, Anusilem Amarachi from
Ikotun Senior High School with 6 and 5 goals respectively.
Commenting on the
significance of the competition in Nigeria’s educational framework, the MD/CEO
of Guaranty Trust Bank plc Segun Agbaje, believes “the competition paves the
way for youths to cultivate their sporting talents, whilst fostering and
building a healthier lifestyle at a critical stage in their lives”. He enjoined
the students to imbibe the spirit of fair play, hard work, and discipline,
which are some of the core values of GTBank.
Guaranty Trust Bank,
a youth oriented brand maintains the lead in providing support for education
and sports to enable young boys and girls explore their talents and reach for
their dreams. It is one of the few Nigerian financial institutions that have
maintained a defined Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, most
especially in sports education. The Bank actively supports in-classroom and
out-of-classroom educational programmes, infrastructure development, students’
scholarship and teachers training across Africa.
Alongside the Lagos
State Principals Cup, GTBank also sponsors the Ogun State Principals Cup, and
the Masters Cup tournament in Lagos.
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