Five-A-Side Hockey Tournament: Union Bank Speak Tough

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By; AYO OJEDOKUN, Lagos
As teams feature in the maiden National Five-A-Side Hockey Tournament at the Hockey Pitch of the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Union Bank Men’s Hockey team of Lagos have boasted that they have what it takes to be champions.
Chief Coach of Union Bank, Tunde Odedokun told New Nigerian Sports that his team have the quality players and experience to dominate the newly introduced National Five – A – Side Hockey Tournament featuring Six teams in the garden city of Port Harcourt.
The Stallions began with a One – nil win over Ocean Warriors of Bayelsa Saturday afternoon and Odedokun has said, “Our players are young, skillful and disciplined hence they shook off Jet Lag of Thursday’s journey from Lagos and won the opening match. We have the pedigree to clinch the title in Port Harcourt”.
Odedokun added that the tournament will help them to prepare adequately for the next national Hockey Super League and two International Friendly games in Accra, Ghana between April 21 and 24, 2017. He was full of praise for the moral and financial support from Union Bank management towards developing Hockey and other Sports in the country.
Apart from Union Bank Men’s Hockey team that are National Vice Champions, Rivers United, Rivers Kungs, Ocean Warriors of Bayelsa, Young Stead of Kwara and Delta Force are the other teams in the ongoing rendezvous in Port Harcourt. Six Women teams are also involved

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