Gombe Inter School Athletics, Principal Cup Tourney Ends As Winners Celebrate Awards, Cash-gift

Joseph ODOEKWU

The recently concluded Gombe State 

Inter Secondary Schools 

Athletics Championship 

featuring participants from 

across the state’s 11 local 

Government Areas has 

proven as a revaluation 

ground of future talents.

As the championship ended this 

weekend, some schools are 

already celebrating their 

achievements, awards, and 

standout performances.

The competition has not 

only highlights individual 

athletic prowess but 

also fosters school spirit 

and camaraderie among 

students.

One of the standout 

performers was U-20 

Boy’s 3000m champion, 

Lamech Danladi who 

represented Diocesan High 

School Bulari. Danladi set 

a personal best record (PB) 

enroute his victory.

Government Day Secondary 

School (GDSS) Shehu 

Abubakar are the champions 

of the 2025 Gombe State Inter 

Secondary School Principal’s 

Cup. 

The school’s football team 

defeated Savannah School 

Gombe in a keenly final 

match played at the Gombe 

Stadium in Pantami on Friday 

evening to emerge champions 

of the five days soccer fiesta.

Ademu Maigari scored 

the lone goal of the match 

seven minutes to hand his 

side the giant trophy of the  competition and two hundred thousand naira (N200,000) 

cash prize. 

The GDSS’s victory over 

Savannah in the Gombe 

Principal’s Cup not only 

highlights the school’s soccer 

prowess but also fosters 

school pride and community 

spirit.

In the third match decided 

before the final match, 

Government Science 

Technical College (GSTC) 

defeated Internally Displaced 

Persons (IDP) Academy 4-3 

on penalty to win the bronze 

medal. 

The 2025 Gombe State 

Inter Secondary Schools 

Principal’s Cup, the first of 

it’s kind in the entire North

east region was put together 

by the chief executive officer 

(CEO) of the Green White 

Green (GWG), Ahmed 

Shuaibu-Gara Gombe