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GOVT COLLEGE WINS #350,000 IMO SWAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION

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Government Secondary school Owerri are to cruise home with a whooping #350.000,having won both the senior and juniour category of the maiden edition of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria Imo State Chapter table tennis competition for secondary schools in the state.
Onwuzuruike Benedict Ifeanyi in SS 2 won in the senior category in straight set,11-8,12-10,2-0,while Goodluck Joshua Onwuzuruike defeated Enema Light 11-7,11-3 2-0,straight set to win the juniour category and Nnamdi Mitchael of Holy Ghost College Owerri came third.
The tournament was held on Saturday,June 4,2022 at the prestigious Bashlyks Sports Centre New Owerri.
The competition saw Holy Ghost College Owerri,Imperial Boarding Secondary School Ubomiri in Mbaitoli LGA,St Joseph’s Academy Amaimo, Ikeduru LGA and Government Secondary school Owerri, sluging it out.
Speaking at the event,the special guest of honour and patron of the association,Senator Samuel Anyanwu,who was represented by Prof.Protus Nathan Uzoma,said that the essence of the competition is to discover and project new talents,stressing that it is investment in the right direction. He noted that table tennis is a skill,which if acquired will put food on ones table. He urged the youths not to go into anything that will cause social chaos and promised to reward the winner with two hundred thousand naira,runner up one hundred and fifty thousand naira and third position with a hundred thousand naira.
In his remarks at the event,the Chairman of Sports Writers Association Imo State,rtn Evarest Ezihe,stated that the association is poised at reviving and transforming sports through grassroot.He disclosed that the association has meet with the Sports Commissioner and other stakeholders in sports to intimate them on the need to revive sports in the state.He used the medium to call on other bodies to partner with SWAN in grassroot sports development.
Also speaking,the Chairman of the Local Organising committee of the competition and a national officer of the association,Mazi Sampson Orji,disclosed that table tennis is neglected in the South East,adding that it is their duty as watch dog of the society to inform the people on the imperatives of grassroot sports development. He commended Senator Samdaddy Anyanwu,the State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development Mr Dan Ogu and Elder Aloysius Nnawugo,the Special Adviser to Imo State Governor on Diaspora Affairs and others who contributed towards the success of the competition.

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