Offa Volleyball Club on Thursday night thrashed Games Village in the final of the 12th Abuja Invitational Volleyball Challenge to emerge champion of the competition, BSNSports.com.ng reports.
Offa VC beat Games Village with (25-22) (25-16) (25-22) to record a sounding 3-0 to lift the trophy.
In the female category played earlier same day, Scorpion Spikers defeated COAS Spikers 3-1.
The games were played inside the Indoor Sports Hall of the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja where Offa boys dominated the game from the beginning as the game ended 3-0.
Indeed, the 12th edition of the tourney was financed by Major General Taritimiye Gagariga, where 50 teams, male and female took part in the competition.
As part of organizer’s efforts to encourage all the teams, all male participating teams given the sum of N200, 000, while all the 25 female participating teams hmgit N160,000 as participation fees.
Speaking after the victory, Sulaiman Ajeigbe Offa Volleyball Club head coach expressed happiness for leading his boys to become champions, adding that they are the future of volleyball in Nigeria, “I must give it to the organisers of the tournament particularly, Major General Taritimiye Gagariga
“These are the future of Nigeria Volleyball. The next thing is to go and prepare for the Nigeria championship premiership.
Th Chairman, Referees Committee, Samuel Timothy stated that the officiating is 85% okay. No team complaints about the officiating. The two finalists are good and results could have gone either way.
