Ex-Iwuanyanwu Nat’l Powered Sec Sch Tourney Enters Knock Out Stage As 14 Teams Justle For Semis Ticket

..20 Quality Talents Discovered - Mbika

Fourteen Secondry Schools that has made to the knock out stage of the Ex Iwuanyanwu Nat'l powered Imo State Secondary School football tournament will slugg it across various the zonal centers on Wednesday 19th June, 2024.

According to the LOC members the encounters will produce four semi finalists for the championship organized in partnership with Imo state Ministry of Sports and Youth Development as well as Minstry of Education.

In their vision to catch them young, give back to the society what they benefited from the society, reduce crime as well as amiliorate juvenile delinquency in the society, the association of Ex-Iwuanyanwu Nationale World Wide kicked off the competition on May 29th at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri. 

This tournament the LOC said cuts across all communities, Local Governments and the Sporting Zones in Imo state. The champions of the zones will now slug it out at the semi finals in Owerri while the final show down hilds on July 2nd. 

Speaking, the president of the Association, Mr Isaac Ugochukwu Mbika said; 

“This project has not been easy but we will surely get to the finish line in grandstyle because we want to give this kids a sense of belonging. 

Ex-Iwuanyanwu National is giving back to the society what the society gave to them by taking them off the street and channeling this talents for the greater good of the society. 

Many of the stars you see today and some success stories were made through this grassroot venture and that is why we took it upon ourselves to inject it back to the society. 

We are at the Quater final stages and from here the intensity increases. The final showdown, God wiling will be going down on July 2nd at the Dan Anyiam stadium Owerri. 

The challenge we are having is the funding, initially we budgeted about two million Naira to run this competition but now expenses is chasing around 10 million Naira because we have to cover every local government in Imo state. 

But we are happy that at the end of the day we are able to fish out up to 20 good players for grooming into the next stage. 

So this discoveries is part of the reason for this ventures and that has been our consolation, the efforts was worthwhile.” Mbika concluded. 

Meanwhile all Quarter final matches kicks off on Wednesday at various zones and the comprehensive fixtures are as follows;

OKIGWE ZONE

Comprehensive sec sch Ikperejere VS 

Okohia sec sch 

Venue: OTC sec sch field

ORLU ZONE 

Orlu zone 1 VS Orlu Zone 2 

Orlu zone 1

Three sec schools will produce one winner

Eziachi Sec sch 

VS 

Ogboko sec sch 

VS 

Isiekenesi sec sch 

Venue: Eziachi playing ground 

Orlu zone 2 

Winner of orlu zone 1 will face winner of Orlu zone 2 to produce one champion from Orlu zone 

Mgbidi boys sec sch 

VS 

Trinity high school, 

Venue:Awonmama sec sch. 

OWERRI ZONE 

Owerri zone will produce two champions to balance the semi finals fixture. 

Owerri zone 2 

Obizi high sch 

VS 

Ahiazu Lude 

and the winner to play 

Ngor okpala high. 

Owerri zone 1. 

Govt sec sch owerri 

VS 

young scientist sch Egbu 

Owerri zone 1

Amakohia comprehensive sec sch 

VS 

Egbu comprehensive sec Sch. 

Note the two winners from zone 1 will slug it out for the final slot. 

Venue: all matches for owerri zone will be commence on Wednesday at Emmanuel college Owerri.