Stakeholders thrilled as thousands of students, athletes grace opening ceremony of Gombe Inter Secondary Schools Athletics, Principal Football Cup Competitions

By Maxwell Kumoye 

 

An estimated 3000 secondary schools students in Gombe State were elated and excited to grace the opening ceremony of Gombe Inter Schools Athletics and Principal Cup Football Competition which started on Tuesday at the Pantami Township Stadium, Gombe State.

The students who represented their various schools at the opening ceremony were very elated to be part of the event and for most of the students, it was their first experience.

Over 25 private schools including 40 public schools participated in the match pass that lasted for almost an hour.

Government Senior Secondary Schools Bolari East won the match pass and went home with N100,000 cash handed over to their school Games Master.

The State commissioner for Education, Dr. Aishatu Umar Maigari led the other dignitaries to take the official kick off of the Gombe State Principal Cup.

The opening football match was between Government Day Junior Secondary School and Savannah Group of School.

Savannah Group of Schools defeated Government Day Junior secondary school 1-0 in front of a large crowd.

Some dignitaries who came from other States were also in attendance to witness the glamorous and colourful opening ceremony.

Other events would hold later today in the track and field, such as 100m, 200m, Javelin and high jump in boys and girls category.

Director General of the competition, Honourable Ahmed Gara Gombe expressed heartfelt gratitude to God for the success of the opening ceremony and urged the participants to see the athletics championship and principal cup as a platform to showcase their talents to the world.

He also thanked the media for their unwavering support given the tourneys before and during, saying that without media coverage the event might not record a huge success on Day One of the tournament.