Kebbi Beach Soccer Club (Kebbi Fishers) have emerged as champions of the maiden edition of Abuja Beach Soccer tournament held at the Jabi Lake Park, Abuja.
Kebbi Fishers defeated hosts, Abuja Beach Soccer Club 8-4 to lift the trophy on the final match day held on the 16th of February 2020.
The Coach Abdullahi Isa tutored side (Kebbi Fishers), easily exerted their dominance in the game as the likes of Hammed Kareem and Chidozie Frank found the back of the net on multiple occasions.
The final day registered huge fan attendance and had dignitaries like the Legendary former Nigerian Athlete, Ambassador Mary Onyali who represented the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande and Engr. Musa Nimrod who represented Nigeria Football Federation and Nigerian Volleyball Federation respectively.
Highlights of the event also featured presentation of awards to some outstanding individual players in the tournament notably, the indomitable Captain of Kebbi Fishers, Hammed Kareem who was named as the most valuable player of the tournament while Emeka Ogbonna of Kwara Beach Soccer Club finished as the tournament’s highest goalscorer.
The Chairman of Kebbi Fishers, Mahmud Hadejia commended the performance of the team in the tournament describing it as marvelous performance.
It will be recalled that the Kebbi Fishers won last year’s international Sallah tournament in Kebbi and also participated at the World Winners Club Championship in Alanya, Turkey where they competed among the best teams in the world.
