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Abuja agog, as 150 Golfers storm IBB Golf Course for 2nd edition of eTranzact Golf tournament
Joel Ajayi
There is a lot of excitement, as over 150 golfers in the continent of Africa set to stormed IBB international golf country come Wednesday to square it out fierce battle at the second edition of the etranzact golf classic tourney.
The eTranzact Golf Classic, a three-day will see over 100 professional and amateur golfers to rumble at Prestigious IBB golf club as from May 15 to 17 at the IBB International Golf country club.
Among the country expecting at this year event are Cameroon, Ghana,Togo Ivory Coastnd as well as their counterparts from Nigeria will slugging it out in epic clash.
Speaking in a press briefing ahead of the Championship on Friday, in Abuja the Managing Director, of eTranzact, international Niyi Toluwalope, said the sponsor is committed to promoting any sports event that will impact the life of every Nigeria and continent at Large.
“When we partnered with the PGD Tours last year, we promised that the Classic will provide a platform to promote and elevate professional and amateur golfing in Africa, while fostering business to business collaborations, and facilitating partnerships between business and government,” Toluwalope said.
“This year, we are re-affirming our commitment to this noble sporting event, and all that it has to offer. We have taken our support a notch higher by introducing some exciting changes around the event. The increased prize money is also a further demonstration of our commitment to make the Classic more competitive and attract the absolute best of golfers to perform at this stage,” he said.
“We are also excited to be bringing the competition to the beautiful, serene, and hilly environment of the prestigious golf course, the IBB course,” he also said.
According to Toluwalope, eTranzact involvement in sports is a demonstration of the organisation’s resolve to keep supporting and providing innovative solutions and platforms to help businesses to succeed in the marketplace.
“This is in line with our vision, which is to be the preferred integrated financial technology platform for merchants and consumers. We are leveraging on our homegrown, world-class switching and payment processing platform to facilitate business successes across all sectors of the economy,” he further said.
Toluwalope also noted that the organisation aims to empower and enable financial technology institutions for financial services eco system in the country and beyond.
Meanwhile, players from Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Togo, Senegal and Nigeria are expected to feature at the four-day event which holds on May 15 to 18.
Sports
King defeats 21 others to win RSFL ultimate skills challenge
New Dawn FC star, Emmanuel King Wednesday defeated 21 other players to emerge champion in the maiden edition of the Ultimate Skills Challenge.
The challenge was organised by the Rising Star Football League (RSFL) and held at the Bwari Township Stadium, Abuja.
King had tied on 71 points with his closest challenger, Philip Onyedika but clinched the honour with a tie-breaker.
He went home with N250,000 while Onyedika who came second got N100,000. John Godwin came third and smiled home with N50,000. All the twenty-two players received N10,000 as appearance fees.
“It was a beautiful program and I am grateful to the management for this opportunity to help the young and grassroots footballer to grow. I am glad I emerged champion after a close tie with my opponent,” he said.
Speaking with the league’s project supervisor, Ifeanyi Kama, the challenge was instituted to keep the players busy after the league had ended a few weeks back.
“It is done for the best players in the league. It is an event to keep them going, not to be idle, and encourage them after the league has ended. We are trying to keep the energy up there. We are trying to showcase these talents to the world,” he said.
He further sought more partnerships from brands as it is working with the FCT football association to develop the players.
“Basically, we are currently working with the FCT FA and affiliated with them for this program. We can’t do this alone as we need their support to promote these players,” he noted.
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