Queen’s College Yaba, (QC) Football Team and FGC Minna have emerged 1st place winners (Girls and Boys respectively) in the maiden edition of the Federal Government Colleges (FEDCOL) Football Tournament held at the Federal Government Academy, Suleja from November 28 to December 1, 2018.
FGGC Abaji and FGC Wukari went home with the 2nd & 3rd place trophies (for Girls) respectively.
The Boys tournament was won by FGC Minna, who defeated FGC Sokoto, 2-0 to clinch the 1st place for Boys.
Queen’s College Yaba, (QC) Football Team had earlier on, in the zonal stage of the competition (8th-18th November), clinched the South-West Zonal ticket, after defeating FGC Ijanikin 2-1.
They set off for the finals of the tournament at Suleja to battle it out with winners from the other five geopolitical zones emerging vicctorious until the finals, when they battled it out via penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie with FGGC Abaji. They won 3-1.
A striker, Chioma Nnajiofor, of the QC football team was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament for scoring a total of 14 goals in the zonal and final stages of the tournament.
The trophy, medals and certificates for first place winners were presented by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), Mr. Sonny Echono.
A trophy and a cash prize of ₦50,000 were presented to the MVP by the Director of Basic Education and former Principal of Queen’s College, Lami Amodu.
All team members were presented with Medals and Certificates of Participation. The Vice Principal Student Affairs, C. M. Okeke, Head of Sports, O. A. Adeyinka, M. Fatunde Omotoke, Coach Hassan, the Public Relations Officer of the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), Ify Nwoye and other representatives of the PTA were physically present with the team throughout the tournament to cater for their welfare, render support, encourage and cheer the team to victory.
The QC football team will in a couple of weeks compete in the GT Bank Lagos State Football Competition of which they are the current champions having won the cup a record seven times.
