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Paragon Wins 2017 National Kids Cup, Edo State Finals

Channels Nat'l Kids Cup: X-Planter, Community To Represent LagosThe Paragon Demonstration Primary School from Oredo Local Government Area has emerged the Edo state champion in the 2017 Channels National Kids Cup competition.

In the final match played at the Paragon Demonstration Primary School field in Benin City, the Edo state capital, the hosts defeated Henson Demonstration Primary school from Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area by 3 goals to 1 on penalties, after both sides had failed to find the back of the net in regulation time.

There was no extra time as the two teams had to be separated by shootouts, where Henson Demonstration School players could only convert one of the spot kicks, after their opponents recorded a 100% conversion rate.

It’s a second straight loss in the Edo State finals for Henson Demonstration School after losing out to Arinze Primary School in the 2016 edition of the Channels Kids Cup.

The Edo State preliminaries featured 26 primary schools across the 18 LGA’s of the state.

Channels Nat’l Kids Cup: X-Planter, Community To Represent Lagos

Channels Nat'l Kids Cup: X-Planter, Community To Represent LagosAfter four days of State Prelims, X-Planter Primary School from Ikorodu and Community Primary School, Abule Egba have picked the two available slots to represent Lagos in the Season Nine of the Channels National Kids Cup.

The Ikorodu-based school defeated National Primary School from Yaba 3-1 On Friday at the Campos Square, in the semi-final to advance to the nationals.

While at the Onikan Stadium, Community Primary School beat CMS Primary School from Bariga 4-2 on penalties after playing 1-1 in regulation time.


This year’s edition of the Channels National Kids cup will kick off on May 21.

Earlier, the organisers of the tournament promised that the ninth edition of the competition would be competitive and entertaining.

Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr Steve Judo, stressed the importance of unity among participating schools while on camp, saying the tournament is not a do-or-die affair.

The Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, Mr Tade Azeez, also called for fair play among the schools and warn the coaches against the use of unqualified players.

Seven More Schools Advance In Channels Kids Cup Lagos Prelims

Seven More Schools Advance In Channels Kids Cup Lagos PrelimsSeven more schools on Wednesday booked their spots in the round of 16 of the Channels National Kids Cup Lagos Preliminaries.

At the Campos Square, X-Planter Primary School, Ikorodu recorded a huge 9-0 win over Abina Omololu Primary School to advance, Mao Primary School beat Mas-Mas by two goals to one, while Army Children dispatched St Paul 3-0.

At the Onikan Stadium, Green Haven lost to Troika 2-0 on penalties after both sides played a 1-1 draw in regulation time. Lyncrest also advanced 4-2 on penalties, following a goalless draw with Muslim Association Primary School.

Joining them in the next round is Methodist Primary School after they beat Rolex Children’s 3-0, while Community Primary School beat Infant Jesus 3-2 on penalties after drawing goalless in regulation time.

The schools that made it to the Last 16 of the Channels National Kids Cup Lagos Prelims include: X-Planter Primary School, Ikorudu; Mao Primary School, Lagos Island; Army Children, Abule Egba; Abina Omololu, Surulere; Troika, Lekki; Lyncrest Primary School, Ikorodu; Revival Primary School, Ikorodu; and Methodist Primary School, Ikorodu.

Others are: Community Primary School, Abule Egba; Donmen Primary School, Ajegunle; Badore Nursery And Primary School; Maryland Convent; Cms Primary School, Bariga; National Primary School, Yaba; Ajiran Primary School, Eti Osa; And St Jude Private School, Festac Town.

Channels Kids Cup Draw: Organisers Expect Stiffer Competition This Year

Kids cupThe draw for the 2017 Channels National Kids Cup Lagos preliminaries has been concluded with 32 schools drawn into four groups of eight teams.

The organisers of the tournament promised that the ninth edition of the competition would be competitive and entertaining.

Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr Steve Judo, stressed the importance of unity among participating schools while on camp, saying the tournament is not a do-or-die affair.

“I have to emphasise again that this tournament is not a do-or-die affair; no, at all. If you have that notion, please remove it right away.

“It’s for you to come in here, camp with other children, have fun, get to know them and learn about them so that tomorrow when you all grow up, you’ll become friends. That is the essence of this tournament.

“I have to pass this on to the coaches too, please let the children have fun, especially when they camp together. That’s the idea of this tournament,” he said.

The Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, Mr Tade Azeez, also called for fair play among the schools and warn the coaches against the use of unqualified players.

“Those of you that employed those coaches should warn them, the coaches that tell you to bring unqualified players to play for you school. We will not only deal with the school this time, those coaches will equally be sanctioned,” he noted.

The tournament will be played on knockout basis with the last two teams qualifying for the national finals.

The matches will begin on May 2 at the Campos Square and Onikan stadiums in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria.

Group A – Has Bols International School, Badore Nursery and Primary School, Maryland Convent, Kith and Kin Educational, Green Haven, Troika, Community Primary School and Infant Jesus.

Group B – St Jude’s, Araromi, Revival, Kolebest, St Paul Anglican, Army Children, Xplanter and Abina Omololu.

Group C – Donmen, Gem Private School, CMS Primary School, Roshallom, Muslim Association, Lyncrest, Methodist Primary School and Rolex Children.

Group D – Noble Winners, National Primary School, Ajiran Community, Crown, Beautiful Path, Corona, Mao Children’s and Mas Mas.

LGA Kaduna Are 2016 Champions Of Channels National Kids Cup

Channels National Kids CupLGA Mohammed Primary School, Kaduna are champions of the 2016 edition of the Channels National Kids Cup.

The Kaduna boys defeated Que Iboe Primary School from Kogi State 3-0 in the final played on Friday, May 27 to take a price money of 1.5 million Naira offered by TY Danjuma foundation.

The finals, which complements the Children’s Day celebration was played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

LGA started off with an early goal in the first half and went on to add two more to end the first half almost assured of emerging champions.

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Kogi State Senator, Dino Melaye, tried to encourage the boys from Kogi at halftime and the Que Iboe resumed the second half looking like they had more belief.

But the pep talk did little to improve their game as they were limited to long balls and shots outside the box, with Kaduna obviously happy to simply keep the score line.


The final whistle went off with the boys from LGA Mohammed Primary School and their supporters bursting into wild jubilation.

It was despair for the Que Iboe Primary School pupils but they would take solace in their good run from the group stage which won them many admirers.

Earlier in the day, St. James Government School from Osun State defeated Edo State’s Arinze Primary School in the third place match.

The Edo boys lost to the Osun boys 4 – 5 in the penalty shootout after both teams maintained a goal apiece till the end of the second half.

Channels Nat’l Kids Cup: Osun Beat Edo 5-4 To Win 3rd Place

Channels National Kids Cup, Channels Kids Cup, Osun, EdoSt. James Government School from Osun State defeated Edo State’s Arinze Primary School in the third place match of the Channels National Kids Cup on Friday.

The Edo boys lost to the Osun boys 4 – 5 in the penalty shootout after both teams maintained a goal apiece till the end of the second half.

The final is between LGA Mohammed Primary School, Kaduna and Que Iboe Primary School from Kogi State.

The finals, which complements the Children’s Day celebration is expected to kick off soon at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

Channels National Kids Cup Final Holds In Lagos

Kids CupAll roads lead to Teslim Balogun Stadium today for the finals of Season 8 of the Channels National Kids Cup.

St. James Government School, Osun and Arinze Primary School from Edo State will battle in the third place match.

The final match is between LGA Mohammed Primary School, Kaduna and Que Iboe Primary School from Kogi State.

 

Four Teams Progress To Channels Kids Cup Semi-Finals

Channels National Kids Cup, Channels Kids CupFour schools have progressed to the semi-finals in the season eight of the Channels National Kids Cup.

In the day’s first quarter-final match, St James Primary School from Osun State beat Lagos representatives, National Primary School Yaba 5-0.

Also through to the last four was Qua-Iboe Primary School from Kogi State which thrashed Jankawa primary school from Nasarawa 5-3 in an entertaining encounter at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Lagos.

LGA Mohammed Kibir from Kaduna and Arinze from Edo also booked their place in the next round after beating Nana primary school and Focal point 1-0 and 2-1 respectively.

The semi-final pairings would see St James take on LGA Mohammed while Qua-Iboe would tackle Arinze.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Sports Reform Committee, Godwin Kienka, has hailed the initiative behind the Channels National Kids Cup.

Another member of the committee, Mary Onyali, said the competition was a model for grassroots development that different sports federations should emulate.

The Sports Reform Committee was set up by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, to restructure sports for effective development.

Channels National Kids Cup Quarter Final Teams Emerge

Channels-National-Kids-Cup-Season-eight-groupSchools from Delta, Nasarawa, Kogi, Edo, Osun, Kaduna, Kwara and one from Lagos State have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Channels National Kids Cup.

Day three action of the season eight championship produced 44 goals, with Kaduna emerging the highest scoring side from the group phase.

Five schools were seeking qualification into the quarter-finals on the Day Three of the championship, as three schools had qualified after the second day of the group stage games.

In Group A, National Primary School, Lagos and Pilot Primary School, Katsina needed a win to pick the remaining ticket from the group.

The Lagos team won 5-1 to advance.

St James Government School from Osun ruled Group B and they confirmed their superiority by achieving maximum points.

Kwara and Kaduna advanced from Group C.

Focal Point Primary School also played admirable football.

Group D always produces talking points.

Last year, Nana Primary School from Delta was sent out of the competition in the Semis by Edo and when both sides met again this year, they displayed their rivalry by playing 2-2.

Premier School from Anambra beat Anwairudeen of Ogun but the result was not good enough.

The tournament has entered the quarter-final stage and that is the real deal.

Lagos will be looking to prevail over Osun while Kwara will be working hard to continue their fine form.

Nana, Focal Point In Quarter Finals Of Channels National Kids Cup

Channels-National-Kids-Cup-Season-eightNana Primary School from Delta State and Focal Point Primary School, Kwara State are through to the quarter finals of the Channels National Kids Cup.

The two teams qualified on Monday in Day Two of the group stage of the championship.

Group A action kicked off in Day Two proceedings of the Channels National Kids Cup championship, with Lagos team, National Primary School hoping to bounce back after losing their opening game against Nasarawa.

Ali Abubakar scored a brace to give the Lagos team a comfortable 4-1 victory over Amaise Central Primary school from Abia State.

In Group B, Uncle Bayus was called up to replace Niger. They lost their first game to Kogi and in the second against St. James Government School, Osun State, they put up a good fight but suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat.

In Group C, Focal Point Primary School, Kwara had fun beating Muhammed Kabir School from Kaduna to book a place in the quarter-finals.

Group D games produced the major talking points from Day Two.

The game between Premier Primary School, Anambra and Arinze Primary School from Edo was a cracker.

Edo was leading 3-0 and when they blinked, Anambra started fighting back.

The game ended 3-3.

Nana Primary School from Delta State got in late but didn’t struggle to get into the groove.

They defeated Anambra 5-0 in the first game and with a 4-0 win over Anwairudeen School from Ogun, they picked a slot in the last eight.

With five places in the quarter-finals still up for grabs, Day Three will definitely be action-packed and one that will give another chance to the future stars of Nigerian football.

Group Games Of Channels National Kids Cup Produce Interesting Results

Channels National Kids CupSix group matches have been concluded in Season 8 of the Channels National Kids Cup taking place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos in south-west Nigeria.

In group A, Jakawan Primary School from Nasarawa State beat National Primary School from Lagos 5-2, while Amaise Central School from Abia defeated Pilot Primary School of Kastina 2-0.

In Group B, St. James Government School, Osun beat Ekiti’s L.A. Anglican Primary School 5-1, while the second match between representatives of Kogi and Niger will be played on Monday.

In group C, Focal Point from Kwara thrashed Lyncrest of Lagos 14-2 while L.G.A. Mohammed Kabir Primary School Kaduna beat Sambo Primary School from Jigawa 4-2.

Group D saw Arinze Primary School from Edo beat N.U.D Primary School from Ogun 5-0.

The group’s other match between representatives of Anambra and Delta would be decided on Monday.

More Goals At Channels National Kids Cup Preliminaries Day-2

Channels National Kids CupIt is day-two of the Lagos Preliminaries of the Channels National Kids Cup and the goals are already flying in.

In the first game of the day, Mas-mas Primary School, Mile 12, thrashed Al-Faruq Primary School 6-0 at the Campos Square in Lagos.

Tope Johnson, Shakiru Faruq and Shakiru Basit ‎scored two goals each in the comprehensive victory.

Rockford Primary School also reached the second round by beating Catony Primary School 4-1 while Christlead beat Maryland Convent 4-0. Lyncrest walked over Green Haven to advance.

At the Onikan Center, Christ Assembly progressed into the next round after beating Revival Primary School 4-3 on penalties following a 3-3 draw in regulation time.

Damann Primary School edged Supreme Education Foundation 3-2 while Straitgate School beat Excel Immaculate 4-0 to also advance.

In the day’s last game National Primary School beat St Joseph 6-1.