By George Aluo
Football will no doubt be the star attraction this Yuletide season in Umuohiagu autonomous community (Imo airport town) Ngor Okpala, Imo State as the annual grassroots football tournament gets underway on December 17.
This year’s tournament has interestingly attracted huge sponsorship courtesy of a USA based illustrious daughter of the community Olivia Baby Ekeh who is bankrolling it with a whooping N4m.
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the tournament has already released the fixtures for the tournament, even as it added that everything has been put in place for a smooth kick off.
The committee thanked Olivia Ekeh for her kind gesture in sponsoring the tournament which would see teams from the four villages of Umuohiagu…Ojigbo, Eziala, Umuanyamele and Umuorisha competing for honours.
The LOC charged the participating teams to make discipline their watchword as it would not hesitate to throw out any team that brings the tournament to disrepute.
Below is the fixture as released by the LOC after its meeting early this week.
FIXTURE:
GROUP A
EZIALA 1
UMUAGWU 1
UMUORISHA 2
UMUANYAMELE 1
GROUP B
AMUGA
EZIALA 2
UMUORISHA 1
UMUANYAMELE 2
KICK OF DATE
17TH OF DECEMBER 2023
17th UMUAGWU VS UMUANYAMELE 1
18TH UMUORISHA 1 VS AMUGA
19TH UMUORISHA 2 VS EZIALA 1
20TH EZIALA 2 VS UMUANYAMELE 2
21ST UMUAGWU VS UMUORISHA 2
22ND EZIALA 2 VS UMUORISHA 1
23RD UMUANYAMELE 1 VS EZIALA 1
24TH UMUANYAMELE 2 VS AMAUGA
25TH UMUORISHA 2 VS UMUANYAMELE 1
26TH OHIAGU DAY.
27TH UMUORISHA 1 VS UMUANYAMELE 2
28TH EZIALA 1 VS UMUAGWU 1
29TH AMAUGA VS EZIALA 2
SEMI FINALS 31ST DECEMBER 2023
FIRST IN GROUP A PLAY AGAINST SECOND IN GROUP B
1ST JANUARY, FIRST IN GROUP B PLAY AGAINST SECOND IN GROUP A
ON THE 3RD JANUARY 2024
THIRD PLACE
FINALS ON THE 4TH JANUARY 2024
