There were many activities yesterday at Package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, as the 20th Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Games entered Day 5 today.
 
There was competition in volleyball, tennis, squash, table tennis, scrabble, chess, and swimming. But of all the venues, the Olympic-sized swimming pool was the centre of attraction as spectators representing different companies cheered their stars endlessly. The atmosphere was charged, and the athletes gave their all in their bid for medals and glory.
 
In swimming, Meghan Perry, representing NLNG, won gold in the 50 metres women’s breaststroke event. She returned a time of 1.05 seconds. She was closely followed by Anita Adu of NNPC, while Ugochi Akwiwu of NNPC finished third.
 
In the men’s 50m breaststroke, Henrik Smith of NLNG finished first, Boyo Joseph of Chevron placed second, while Jesufemi Dayo-Odukoya of NNPC won bronze.
 
Pretty Newton of NCDMB finished first in the 50 metres Butterfly in the women’s category, with Cherish Ofeoritse of NLNG in second position, while Edevuya Ekanem of NNPC took the bronze.
 
There were also winners in men’s 50 metres butterfly, medley relay, backstroke, freestyle, both men and women, and the veterans categories.
 
At the end of the swimming event yesterday, NLNG placed first with five gold, two silver, and two bronze medals. NCDMB finished second in the swimming medal table with three gold, three silver, and one bronze medals, while OANDO placed third in the table with three gold and three silver medals. NNPC, Chevron, and NMDPRA finished among the top six.
 
The volleyball quarterfinals will be held today, with Team NNPC taking on NLNG, NUPRC against NMDPRA, while TotalEnergies will compete against Shell. The last quarterfinal match will see Aradel clash with Renaissance.
 
In tennis, Salami Babs of Renaissance defeated Joshua Bok of NNLG 6/4, 7/6. Ufia Fabian of ExxonMobil lost to Victor Bull of Oando 0/6  0/6, while Obende Omera of Seplat defeated Lanre Akinwumi of NMDPRA 6/2, 6/3, as Kazeem AbdulFatai of PTI lost to Aladei Pius 4/6, 1/6.