SC Raven on Sunday won a grassroots soccer competition organized by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) a.k.a. Hope of Glory Parish in Simawa Area of Ogun State.
In the final match played at G-Tech Field in Simawa, SC Raven defeated Brandford City FC 4-0 to cart away the giant trophy plus a cash prize of three hundred thousand naira.
Runners up, Brandford City got two hundred thousand naira for their efforts while the second runners up ,Future Bright FC, got one hundred thousand naira as well.
A total of 20 teams participated in the two-month long football competition held in Simawa area of Ogun State.
The organizer, Pastor Adeniyi Ifetayo said he was satisfied with the outcome of the tournament even as he promised that the next edition would be bigger.
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He charged the youths to remain focused in order to maximise their potentials.
“The tournament is a drive to discover and develop talents from the competition. Success begins with a step, these young talents have the opportunity to make a career for themselves if they so desired,” he said. “Everything is a choice, we have provided the platform, our intention is to support them and make them stay in the right path.”
Also expressing the rationale behind the competition, coordinator of the football event, Assistant Pastor Bola Orekoya, said: “What the competition is all about is to discover youths that have talents from the grassroots. We are looking at a competition like the Principals’ Cup played by the secondary school students.
“The junior students don’t have such competition, so what happens if they are talented? How are they exposed and how are they discovered? So, we are using this opportunity to unearth budding talents.”