The Anambra School Sports Festival has ended with Washington Memorial Grammar School Onitsha and Uncle Ralph the Great Academy clinching Gold in the football event.
Washington Memorial Grammar School saw off their opponent from Bubendorf Memorial Grammar School Adazi-Nnukwu by 4-2 on Penalty shootouts after a barren regulation time to claim the Under-Seventeen Male Football Gold while Uncle Ralph the Great Academy from Isuaniocha had earlier saw off their opponents in Eri Primary School from Aguleri by 3 goals to 1.
In the Track and field events, Lucy Nwankwo of Rosa Mystica High School Agulu ran the best time to win gold in the finals of the one hundred metres Under-Seventeen Girls while Chigozie Nwankwo also from Rosa Mystica High School Agulu settled for silver as the bronze medal went to Chinaecherem Okafor who represented Holy Queens Secondary School Aguluzigbo.
In the Male Category of the one hundred metres finals, Edward Chibuike from Dominican Sisters College Abatete took Gold ahead of Akachukwu Onyejekwe of Holy Queens Secondary School Aguluzigbo and Chibuzor Akanisi of Saint Michaels Comprehensive College Nimo who settled for silver and bronze medals respectively.
In his remarks, Governor Chukwuma Soludo described the School Sports Festival as the beginning of a new era for sports development in the state.
Governor Soludo who was represented by his Deputy, Dr. Onyekachi Ibezim emphasized the essence of sports as a tool for conviviality, career development and engaging Anambra youths meaningfully.
He also reassured that the present administration will continue to support programmes that enhance youth development.
On his part, Patrick Estate Onyedum, Chairman Anambra State Sports Development Commission, ASSDC, expressed his delight that the month-long festival which kick-started with six hundred and ten primary and secondary schools with a total of twenty-one thousand athletes concluded on a very bright and positive note as the student athletes demonstrated their sporting prowess.
Vision High School Nnewi and Central School Nimo who emerged as overall best secondary and primary schools each got one-point-five-million-naira, Ide Secondary School Enugwu-Ukwu and Iyiora Primary School Iyiora Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area both got one million naira each for emerging the first Runners up for the Secondary and Primary Schools respectively.
Rosa Mystica High School Agulu and Iringwu Primary School, Nanka both settled for a consolation prize of five hundred thousand naira each for emerging overall third in both the Secondary and Primary schools’ category.
Most Valuable Players in the ten sporting events of Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Football, Scrabble, Swimming, Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball and Cricket all got a sum of twenty-thousand naira each.
There was also a raffle draw where three students smiled home with a brand-new bicycle each.
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