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2022 CAPTAIN’S CUP: SENATOR ANOSIKE RATES EVENT HIGH
The week long 2022 IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja Captain’s Cup will come to a close on Saturday as winners in both Professional competition and Amateur championship will receive their Cash and trophies
The event which started on Tuesday with Caddies event, Professional competition, Veterans and Super Veterans will climax with over 550 Amateur Golfers battle for various honours.
The Outgoing Club Captain, Distinguished Senator Emmanuel Anosike while assessing the 4-day event, was excited that the Championships have lived up to its expectations.
” With all indications, you can see that all our projections are what we are getting. From the onset, our target is to play about 500 golfers. We have about 36 professionals playing here, about 125 guest players and 350 members of the club, we’ve been playing over 4 days now, on Saturday the big boys will play from the handicapp 1-12 in conjunction with the sponsors and guests.
” We will cap it up with one of the exciting, play hole-in-one in hole 2 where Kia motors has given us a Car that anybody that played hole-in-one takes the Car, also hole 16 is where Hallmark insurance pledged to give anyone that played hole-in-one, 10 million naira worth of insurance. So a lot of excitement as there are so many things to win”, he said.
Senator Anosike said the organising planning committee under the former Attorney-General of the federation and Minister of Justice, Bayo Ojo, SAN, planned to do what has never been done in the history of the prestigious Club which is invited golfers, the world over, to the event without playing qualifiers.
” Yesterday players from Cotonou arrived, we have players from Uganda, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya etc so the environment is exciting”, the outgoing Club captain boasted.
Saturday’s official tee-off is expected to be performed by the Honourable Minister, Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare as well as other distinguished invited guests.
Senator Anosike believed that he has created a good platform for the incoming captain by using his position as a politician to attract good things to the club.
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Tangerine APT Pension Crowned New Kings of PFA Games 2025
Joel Ajayi
Joel Ajayi Tangerine APT Pension stormed the 2025 Pension Fund Administrators Games and snatched the crown with a commanding 66 points—ending FCMB’s reign and announcing themselves as the new champions of corporate sporting excellence.
From the first whistle to the final scoreboard, Tangerine APT played like an organisation possessed. They dominated volleyball and snooker, showcased brilliant tactical depth to finish second in chess behind Norrenberger, secured second place in team bonding behind Premium Pension, and held their own across the board—fourth in football, sixth in table tennis, fifth in scrabble, and eighth in e-sports, press conference, discipline and grooming. Every point mattered, and Tangerine APT grabbed them with fire.
Defending champions FCMB, despite flashes of brilliance, simply could not summon last year’s magic.
They finished second overall with 63 points—just three points behind the new champions. FCMB were first in scrabble, second in football, third in table tennis and e-sports, fourth in snooker and team bonding, and fifth in volleyball, chess, and press conference/discipline/grooming. A brave defence, but not enough to stop the Tangerine wave.
Rounding off the podium is NPF Pension, finishing third with 57 points after a spirited campaign. They claimed gold in football, second in table tennis and e-sports, third in volleyball, fourth in scrabble, sixth in press conference/discipline/fanfare/most coordinated, seventh in chess, and eighth in snooker and team bonding.
The rest of the table saw fierce competition:4th – Norrenberger Pension: 52 points, 5th – Premium Pension: 47 points, 6th – NNPC Pension: 45 points, 7th – Access Arm: 41 points
In Others position 8th – Trustfund Pension: 29 points 9th – PENCOM: 28 points and 10th – NUPEMCO: 25 points.
With the dust settled and the cheers still echoing, one truth stands tall:Tangerine APT Pension has ushered in a new era—bold, dominant, and unforgettable.
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