By Francis Ajuonuma
After days of stiff competitions against opponents, Greensprings School Lagos emerged the overall champion at the just-concluded Lagos Private School Games for under-11 pupils, held from May23-25 at the Union Bank Sports ground, National Stadium O’Jez swimming Pool Lagos, and Yaba Tech Sports Complex.
Greensprings showed class against strong opposition from Lagos Preparatory School, Corona School, and St Saviour’s Private School, carting home 11 gold, six silver, and six bronze medals at the games which featured football, swimming, athletics, and video games.
An excited MD/ CEO of Private School Games, Adeyemi Egbeoluwa applauded Greensprings and other Private Schools for showing discipline and friendship while vying for honours at the games.
The amiable Egbeoluwa described the games as a huge success while revealing plans for bigger and more fascinating under-16 games (Private Secondary Schools) in Lagos in the next few weeks. While thanking the likes of Just Right, Ridgewell Construction Limited, Chicken Republic, and others committed to Private School sports development, Egbeoluwa appealed to the Government and corporate world to support Private School Sports Development as true sporting talents who could be world beaters abound there.
“It is obvious that quality athletes would emerge with efficient and meticulous combination of quality education and sports if Government and the corporate world do not turn their back on private school sports programmes. Worries over age cheating and poor results at International meets would be things of the past if private sports programs are fully backed morally and financially by the Government, the corporate world and sports-loving individuals and groups”.
“It is our resolve at School Games that hidden talent must be continuously discovered and nurtured through programs like ours and there is no looking back”, declared Egbeoluwa confidently as he listed top private schools like Greenspirngs, Corona, Riverbank, Lagos preparatory school and St Saviour’s among schools ready for the forthcoming under 16 private secondary school
