South South wins double at National U-17 Cricket Championship

South South’s boys and girls’ teams, at the weekend, became double champions at the Third PwC National Cricket Championship held in Abuja.

The South South boys ran over South East by 41 to beat the Eastern boys, led by Udekwe Chiemelie.

Representative of sponsor of the championship, Tolu Adeleke, said the performances demonstrated in the five-day finals at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, justifies the investment his firm has put in the organisation of the event.

According to him, “None of the teams that participated in the championship is a write off… they all have huge learning here and we are glad to have seen different players from same region work together to achieve national honor.”

He emphasised that as much as this year’s final duel in the boys’ category between the South East and the South-South was the highpoint of the event, unity and integration by the regional teams was another that shouldn’t be shoved aside.

“The victorious South South team comprised players from Edo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Live betting Bayelsa states and that was key for us as their working together to achieve a coming purpose was the ultimate for us.”

He described participation of the North East team, comprising Borno, mobile shop bet Gombe and Taraba states, represented an important feat for the event in just its third year.

“This year, we had thousands of students, who got screened to make the state team and 784 participated competitively at the regional finals before being narrowed down to the 168 kids camped for the five days that the championship lasted,” he added.

Prosper Useni, with 12 wickets, won the Most Valuable Player of championship award for boys, betting tips today while Peculiar Agboya from the South South Girls team won the MVP earlier in the day.

Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) President, bet of the day Uyi Akpata, said the federation is focused on deepening the game’s adoption and growth through deliberate deployment of its five-strategic imperatives.

“We have enjoyed deep support of the Sports Ministry and the Minister, Sunday Dare, has been magnanimous in his support for our programmes. sports betting app We look forward to leveraging his support to getting more kids out here in the next editions and our other projects,” Akpata said.