St. Saviours School, Ikoyi, on Saturday won the 2nd Ikoyi Club 1938 swimming section inter-school gala primary school competition.
The competition sponsored by Zenith Bank was attended by nine teams (schools) with several pupils and their parents in attendance.
The winner scored 241 points while Children’s International School, Lekki, finished second with 156 points. Despite winning more gold medals (10) than others, Corona School finished third, polling 131 points.
The president of the Nigeria Swimming Federation, Babatunde Fatai-Williams, applauded Zenith Bank for investing in the children.
He said: “Primary school is the foundation for swimming because swimmers usually start early,” he said.
“If they start learning from age six and above, it will be very good for them because at that stage they tend to learn very well and the basics learned will stick to their brain.
“The problem facing swimming and other sports in the country has been lack of funds and for Zenith Bank to put money in this competition shows their love for sports and development of youths.”
The Chairman, swimming section of Ikoyi Club 1938, Segun Adekoya, said the first edition was solely sponsored by an individual but was happy that Zenith Bank agreed to bankroll this year’s edition which made it more colourful with prizes for the kids.
Adekoya revealed that the target was to see an Olympian from some of the kids competing at the club in the nearest future.
The General Manager, Power and Infrastructure Group; E-Business and Card Services, Zenith Bank, Wunmi Ogunbiyi, was available to give prizes to the winners with the overall winner going home with a giant trophy and other mouth-watering prizes.
