Government Secondary School (GSS) Karu has emerged the overall winner of the FCT School Sports Festival dryrun. The school won a total of 16 medals comprising 10 gold , five silver and one bronze to dust 15 other schools and emerged champions in the senior secondary schools category.
In the junior secondary schools category, JSS Gwarko reigned supreme, clinching four gold, four silver and one bronze to finish first on the medal table.
JSS Jabi were crowned champions of the boys football event after beating JSS Orozo 2-0 in the final, while GGSS Dutse defeated GSS karu 5-4 on penalties to claim the girls football event gold medal.
Speaking at the grand final of the School sports dryrun, president of the Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF), Barrister Paul Edeh, said the FCT School Sports Festival will not only trigger improvement of sporting activities but also development of sports facilities in all schools in the national capital city.
He said the vision of RSDF in initiating the festival in collaboration with the Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) is to ensure there is improvement in both sports activities and facilities in the various schools within the FCT, assuring the principals and participating that they are in for bigger surprises.
“I’m happy because for more than 40year I have continued to pray and aspire for this kind of opportunity to see young boys and girls in schools strive in sporting activities and non sporting competitions like spelling -B, quiz and debate.
“The assurance I want to give to the principals and schools that are participating in the FCT School Sports Festival is that you are in for bigger surprises.
Our vision and dream is that in the next five years this collaboration will ensure that there is improvement in both sports activities and facilities in the various schools in FCT.
“The winner of every edition will go home with huge cash prizes that will go directly toward improving the sports facilities in the various schools. For instance, the winner of the basketball event may go home with nothing less than a million naira which will be used to improve basketball facilities in that school, same with football, badminton, athletics, volleyball, handball and every sporting event,” Edeh.
The winners and runners up of the various events of the school sports dryrun heralding the biggest festival slated for September 2023 will have their next term school fee paid by the Ratel Sports Development Foundation (RSDF).
