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Stoness House Wins at Ifako School Sports Meet

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Stoness house emerged victorious at the Ifako Internatio­nal Nursery and primary School’s 29th Biennial Inter-house Sports Competitio­n sponsored by Chikki Instant Noodles.

The fierce competitio­n which took place on February 14, 2017 at the Agege Stadium, Agege, Lagos, saw Red house (Stoness) winning the competitio­n with a total of 15 gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals to beat White house, (Meadow) which had seven gold, ten silver and five bronze medals to second place.

Third placed Majekodunm­i House, spotting colour Yellow gathered six gold, nine silver and six bronze medals to finish ahead of Greenhouse (Money Boku) which managed to haul six gold, five silver and 11 bronze medals.

Meanwhile, Blue House (Adeliyi) with five gold, four silver and eight bronze medals and Purple House (Crowners) with four gold, six silver and six bronze medals finished fifth and Sixth respective­ly.

Awodola Goodness was decorated as the Overall Best Athlete of the sports meet.

Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Kwaghza, in his opening speech stated that “there is need to be a balance between academics and extra-curricular activities. The problems we are having with sports developmen­t in Nigeria can be corrected at the grassroots level where children compete and their talents are discovered,” he noted.

Chikki Instant Noodles accepted to sponsor the event as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibi­lity.

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