CMS Grammar School Holds Annual Inter-house Sports February 13 

The first secondary institution in Nigeria, CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, will on Thursday, February 13, hold its annual inter-house sports festival in commemoration of the school’s 166th Founder’s Day celebration at the school sports ground.

Eight houses, which are Stanley House (Brown), Crowther House (Red), Gordon House (Blue), Babington Macauley House (Green), Kale House (White), Wilberforce House (Yellow), Living Stone House (Orange) and Oluwole House (Purple), would be competing for honours.

According to the organisers, some of the events have already been decided and these are; discuss, volleyball, basketball, scrabble, chess, long jump, javelin, football, table tennis and swimming.

Some of the events that would be competed for on the final day include, the traditional match past, 100m junior and senior, 400m junior and senior, 800m, 1x100m relay, junior and senior, 4 x 400 relay, junior and senior, duathlon, tug of war, amongst others.

In a chat with the principal of the school, Reverend Jacob Ayokunle Ogunyinka, he said this year’s edition of the school’s inter-house sports is so significant in that students were allowed to participate in as many events as possible.

“Our students have been allowed to participate in many of the events and they have been able to showcase their talents. And we strongly believe that with some of the efforts put in by some of the students and the return time by some of them in the tracks, they would go on to represent the states and even the country in international competitions such as the All African Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics,” Ogunyinka said.

The Reverend, who is the 27th Principal of CMS Grammar School, indeed charged parents and guardians to come in their numbers and cheer their wards.

The day would be Chaired by the former Director of Planning Monitoring, and Information of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Peter Nelson, who is an old boy of CMS Grammar School.