*Egbeoluwa promises bigger U-16 games
By; AYO OJEDOKUN, Lagos
Greensprings School Lagos has emerged overall champion at the just ended private school games for U-11 pupils in private schools in and around Lagos State.
The school showed class against strong opposition from Lagos Preparatory School, Corona School and St Saviour’s Private school in the competition held between May 23rd, and May 25th, 2023, carting home 11 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze medals in the games featuring; football, swimming, athletics and video games.
An apparently excited MD/ CEO of School Games, Adeyemi Egbeoluwa applauded Greensprings and other private schools for showing discipline and friendship while vying for honors at Union Bank Sports Ground, National Stadium, O’Jez swimming Pool Lagos and Yaba College of Technology play ground.
The amiable Egbeoluwa described the games as a huge success while revealing plans for a bigger and more fascinating U-16 games for 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 does not turn her back on private school sports programmes.
“Worries over age cheat and poor results at International meets would be things of the past if private school sports programs are fully backed morally and financialy 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 other schools are ready for the forthcoming U-16 private secondary school games.
