The male and female Kaduna hockey teams both piped Team Delta male and
female teams respectively on Wednesday to set up a final appearance at
the 19th National Sports Festival ongoing in Abuja.
The Kaduna male team defeated hard fighting Team Delta 2-1 in an
exciting clash that saw both sides fight gallantly in a match that
witnessed four penalties.
Team Kaduna, who dominated the first three quarters, scored the first
goal from the first penalty kick in the first quarter, they however
missed the chance to double their lead when they missed the second
penalty kick awarded to them in the same quarter.
The second half saw upsurge in both team’s performance as both sides
strived to win the game but lost their best chances after missing a
penalty each.
Team Delta scored the much desired equaliser in the last quarter and
was almost pushing the tie into extra time when Kish Victor scored the
winning goal at the death to ensure Kaduna sail into the final.
The female hockey competition at the festival is played on round robin
basis, Team Kaduna girls on Wednesday defeated Team Delta girls 1-0 to
maintain their 100% winning streak.
Having defeated Ondo, Plateau and now Delta states, Team Kaduna with
nine points have set themselves up for their final match against Yobe
state on Thursday, where a win will ensure gold medal for the side.
The Plateau state female team currently have six points ahead of their
final match against Ondo state and could claim gold medal with a high
margin win should Kaduna lose.
Brume sets new long jump record
Ese Brume of Delta state has sets new festival record in the women
long jump event with a jump of 6.62m to win gold medal at the 19th
National Sports Festival ongoing in Abuja.
Ese’s record when ratified by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria
(AFN), erases the previous record of 6.39m set by Chinedu Odozor of
Kebbi state at the 2006 Gateway Games Festival in Ogun state.
Chizom Okoronkwo of Lagos state jumped a distance of 6.04m to win
silver in the women long jump, while Chinanyelu Grace Anigbata jumped
5.94m to win bronze medal.
In the 5,000m women race, Rose Akusho of Plateau state ran 17:05:55
min to win gold medal, as Deborah Pam Badung ran 17:07:75 min to win
silver and Chinonso Nwokeji of Aviation state won bronze with a time
of 18:10:21 min.
Former 5,000m champion, Nancy Matthew of Kaduna state did not start
after missing out of the event.
Precious Kara of Delta state threw a distance of 44.50m to win the
women discus event. Onome Tessy Ogbeni of Oyo state won silver with a
throw of 43.22m, while Esther Osisike of Akwa Ibom state won the
bronze medal with a 42.00m throw.
