GTBank –Lagos State Principals Cup Finals Hold On Friday

The finals of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup, the biggest grassroots soccer competition in West Africa, are scheduled to hold on Friday, June 10 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
This year’s version of the competition, which is in its 7th year, according to the sponsors, promises to be an exhilarating encounter between two teams which have laid claim to be the ultimate champions of the prestigious tournament.
In the boys’ category, Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School who won the title in 2012 and 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 Managing Director/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank plc, Segun Agbaje, believes that the competition would pave 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. [myad]