NWF Inducts Seven New Members Into Champions Club •Adekuoroye, Oborududu Get Cash Rewards

By Obaseki Anthony in Yenagoa on March 10, 2020

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has inducted seven new members into its Champions Club following their gold medal-winning efforts at the last three African Senior Wrestling Championships.

In a brief but colourful ceremony in Yenagoa at the weekend, the NWF also handed cash gifts of N50,000 and N100,000 respectively to Commonwealth champions Blessing Oborududu – who won a record 10th consecutive African title in Algiers last month and Odunayo Adekuoroye for becoming the first Nigerian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, a feat she achieved by winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Kazakhstan last year.

The new wrestlers inducted into the prestigious Champions Club are Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg), Hananah Reuben (65kg), Bose Samuel (53kg) and Bisola Makunjuola (59kg), who won their first continental titles in 2018 at the African Championships in Port Harcourt.

Others are 2019 African champions Sunmisola Balogun (72kg) and Blessing Onyebuchi (76kg), as well as Esther Kolawole (55kg), who claimed her first senior title in impressive fashion in Algiers last month.

Speaking at the event, NWF President, Hon. Daniel Igali, charged the new inductees to always be of good behavior and shun acts capable of bringing the sport to disrepute, urging them to aim for more success.

“You should see your induction into the Champions Club as a great honour and privilege which came as a result of your hard work,” the Olympic champion told the inductees.

“Always stay clean and avoid taking performance-enhancing drugs capable of damaging your career and getting you delisted from the Champions Club.

“As ambassadors of our great country Nigeria, you owe the nation a duty of representing her in an exemplary manner both on and off the mats.

“I also want to use this opportunity to encourage you all to go for more glory at the continent, the World Championships and the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan.”

The Inductees join the exclusive club which includes accomplished names like Jackson Bidei, Igali, Oborududu, Adekuoroye, Victor Kodei, Amas Daniel, etc.

•PHOTO: Newly inducted members of NWF Champions Club

Source Daily Sports

Posted March 10, 2020


 

You may also like...
Enough of this embarrassment, Iloh tells Giwa •Tasks...

Nigeria Challenge England For PSV Winger Noni Madueke...

Liverpool put one foot into Champions League semi-finals...

Awoniyi: I Deserve Super Eagles Chance

Africa Cup Of Nations Trophy Stolen In Egypt...

Robbers attack Enyimba enroute Kaduna for Super 4...

 

Latest News Itauma battles Whyte in Riyadh D’Tigers thrash defending champions Tunisia Nnadozie gets hero’s welcome at Brighton AFN releases contingent for CAA Senior Athletics Championships Abuja to host Basketball All-Star weekend Nezianya, NOC PRO Joins Prestigious Agbalanze Society Of Onitsha D’Tigress makes history as only African team in FIBA top 10 New NPFL season to end May 2026 Joshua eyes first African bout in Ghana Tinubu’s $100k reward for five AfroBasket titles, says Kida AfroBasket: D’Tigers face tricky Tunisia test … Eagles coach defends 4-0 defeat

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,667 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,841 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,838 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,422 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,415 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,408 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (44,225 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,777 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,879 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,491 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,923 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,353 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media