Organisers pick March 3 for Zenith/Delta Principals’ Cup final

The final of the second edition of the Zenith Banksponsored Principals Cup Football Competition for all secondary schools in Delta State has been scheduled for March 3 at the Ultra-modern Stadium at the Delta State Polytechnic in Ozoro, Delta State.

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the Group managing Director of Zenith Bank, Peter Amangbo, are expected to lead other top dignitaries to the event.

Organisers of the event revealed the final date at the weekend after rolling out the fixtures for the zonal stage, quarterfinal, semis and the final.

Head of the organizing team, Tony Pemu, told reporters that the fixtures were released that way to exhibit transparency.

Pemu said: “We preach fairness to the participating teams and we should be transparent in the discharge of our responsibilities. All the teams from this stage know their potential opponents as they progress and so there is no issue of favouritism at all.

“There is still a long way to go but we are intensifying efforts on our operations because this is the last stretch to the final match.”

Between January 23 and 25, zonal elimination matches involving all the Local Government Champions will take place in 10 centres and only eight qualifiers will emerge for the quarterfinals slated for four different centres at venues yet to be determined from February 13 to 16.

The semifinals will take place on February 21 and 22 at venues also yet to be determined by the organizing team while the final is March 3.