‘Why We Organised Oando Games’

Games and Sports Secretary of The Apapa Club, Lagos, Dozie Udeze, has said that the club partnered with Oando Plc to oragnise 1st Oando Games in order to keep its members healthy and fit.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the competition at the weekend, Udeze said the multi sports tournament tagged 1st Oando Games The Apapa Club, Lagos, is coming at a time when the club is preparing its members for the  Quadrangular Games, which will be hosted by the Ikeja Country Club from 26 November to 3 December.

“Most clubs in Lagos State have degenerated into drinking bars but we at The Apapa Club, Lagos have been focusing on games and other sporting activities that will improve the health of our members. That was why we joined hands with Oando to put this tourney together,” he said.

According to the secretary, Oando Plc has been in partnership with the club in sponsor ing tennis and squash tourney in the past.

“We decided to expand the scope of the competition this year by featuring other sports We also intend to carry along other sections of the club. That is why  the first edition of the games is featuring lawn tennis, squash, table tennis, darts, chess, Ayo, scrabble, snooker billiards and cards.

“Apart from this, the games is a good preparatory tournament for our members and for us as a club to pick our representatives for  this year’s Quadrangular Games at the Ikeja Country Club.

“With this,  our club will have good athletes to prosecute the inter clubs championship and we should expect nothing but a good outing this year,” he said.

Mr. Chuma Ezenwa, who represented the president of the club at the opening ceremony, said that the Oando Games is one of the social responsibilities of Oando Plc to the society and called on other corporate organisations to take a cue from the company.

“We have been organising Ladder Championship in the club, but Oando Games is a larger tournament that will help us get athletes for the  Quadrangular Games,” he said.

The games is being staged in two formats to encourage team work and individual talents.

In Day One of the competition, there would be aerobics and health walks before the sections break out for the real sporting events that will end on Friday, 25 November.