St. Gregory’s College on Friday defeated
St. Finbarr’s College 3-1 to lift the 2015 GTBank Masters Cup trophy
for the first time at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos.
The match, which was preceded by the
women’s final between Queens College and Ansar Ud-Deen Girls College,
lived up to its billing as it kept the fans on the edge of their seats
throughout the duration.
The women’s final was no less entertaining as the first 45 minutes of their encounter produced two goal apiece.
The more enterprising Queens College,
however, rose to the occasion in the second half to nail their opponents
with a third goal to win the tournament for the third time running.
In the boys’ final, St Finbarr’s were
the more aggressive as their efforts yielded a goal through Ayoka
Kingsley. However, that did not last for long as St. Gregory drew level
in the first half through Otetah Emmanuel.
St Gregory dominated in the second half
and extended their lead through Adegbamigbe Toyosi. Not long after,
David Obi netted their third goal to seal victory for the champions.
The
winners in both categories went home with N750,000 each, trophies and
medals. The runners-up and third-placed teams also got medals and cash
prizes of N500,000 and N350,000.00 respectively.
Meanwhile, President of St Gregory’s
College Old Boys Association, Dr. John Abebe, has promised cash rewards
and scholarship awards for all members of the school football team that
won the Masters Cup. He also extended the monetary incentive to their
coaches.
