Category: Sports

Kunle Adelabu The U -17 athletes, who emerged champions in some of the games at the just concluded IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) Indoor Games Youth Championship, have commended the socio – cultural and developmental body for the initiative. They said that the championship provided them with the opportunity to develop in their chosen games and also helping in taking young people off the street. The maiden edition of the championship, which hosted Snooker, Chess, Scrabble and Table Tennis competitions, started at the Ita – Elewa Youth/Sports Centre, Ikorodu,…

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Kunle Adelabu The 14 – year-old Scrabble champion in Ikorodu Division and number three in the state (U – 15), Michael Ogbonna Ugochukwu, has stated that some funny moves that he made while competing at the just concluded IKODASS U-17 Indoor Games Championship opened ways for his opponents and  consequently cost him the gold medal. Michael, who is a student of the Ikorodu Senior Grammar School, Ikorodu, came third with 4 (plus 468) points. The Scrabble prodigy, who said that he has learnt his lessons, also hinted that he is…

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Wale Jagun -All participants get certificates of participation The IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) U – 17 Indoor Games Youth Championship ended on Thursday, September 9, 2021, with all the winners receiving their cheques and other gift items from the organizers. Certificates of participation were also issued by the organizers to all the 80 participants. Seven winners (both in the male and female  categories) of the four games – Scrabble (both male and female), Chess (male and female), Table Tennis (Male and female) and Snooker (male only), got N50,…

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Wale Jagun It was a final that lived up to its expectations as Omodara Blessings, 17 year-old, emerged the new table tennis champion in Ikorodu, after beating the national and divisional champion, Kuti Mathew, 12 year-old, in three sets. He was presented with N50, 000 prize money, gold medal  and other prizes by Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, the Chairman of Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), while Mathew got N30, 000. Master Blessing, a student of United High School, Ikorodu, beat Mathew, a national cadet and mini – cadet champion and…

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Wale Jagun -Tournament records upset as top rated young player placed third There was an upset yesterday, at the ongoing IKODASS Indoor Games Youth Championship as the third best U -15 player in the state and number one Scrabble player in Ikorodu Division settled for the third position in the male category, while Soaga Mayowa emerged champion of the Scrabble game with 4 (plus 617) points. The event, which held at the Dreamland RHODA Youth Centre, Abiodun Ogunleye Street, Solomade, Ikorodu, also saw Miss Adisa Emmanuella with 2 (- 256)…

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Wale Jagun About 100 U – 17 youths across Lagos State are set to participate in the maiden edition of the IKODASS (Ikorodu – Oga Development Association) Indoor Games Championship which will be held in Ikorodu between September 4 and 9, 2021. The championship commenced yesterday (Saturday, September 4), with accreditations of participants at the Ita – Elewa Youth Centre, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The Eroz Place, located at 71, Borokinni Street, Aga, lkorodu, will also host some of the games. Participants will be competing in four games –…

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Kunle Adelabu Engr. Monsuru Oladipupo Akanbi, the Chairman of the Lagos State Scrabble and Monopoly Association, has revealed that the driving force behind popularizing the games and going to the grassroots is to have divisional and state leagues for Scrabble and Monopoly in the state. He made the revelation in an interview with THE IMPACT during the Ikorodu Divisional U -15 Scrabble and Monopoly Tournament for students, which was held at the Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun Hall, Oreyo Community Grammar School, Igbogbo, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Engr. Akanbi also added…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) has revealed its plan to stage Community Games among the 20 Local Governments (LG) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in the state. The Director – General of the State Sports Commission, Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar, made the revelation in his office on Wednesday,August 18, 2021, when the Chairman of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association, Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, and his team paid him a visit. He said that the intention of staging the games, which he said would come up next…

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Kunle Adelabu -Abraham Abayomi emerges winner in Monopoly game -Tournaments meant to collect data, get talents for the National Youth Games trial – Association Chairman The emerging Scrabble prodigy and sensation, Master Michael Ogbonna, a student of the Ikorodu Senior Grammar School who came third in the State Scrabble competition held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium last week, has won the Ikorodu Division phase of the tournament. He confirmed his dominance of the game in the division on Thursday (yesterday) at the U -15 Scrabble and Monopoly Tournament for students…

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