Laureates College wins African Schools Chess Tournament
By Our Reporter
5 hours 31 minutes ago
FOR THE second year running, Laureates College, Aviation Estate, Off Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road, Lagos has won the annual African Schools Closed Chess Tournament (ASCCT) which held in Accra, Ghana. The school had similarly won the 2011 edition of the tournament which also held in Ghana, last year.
The tournament tagged ASCCT 2012,which is more of an invitational from Ghana Chess Federal involving some African countries in an elimination series, and held between February 27 to March 2 at the Accra stadium, saw Laureates College win both the senior and junior categories of the gruelling competition. The School won a total of 10 out of the 12 games played at tournament in both the senior and junior categories , and garnered 6 gold medals and the tournament trophy as well certificates. The senior boys who represented the school won 4 gold medals out of the 8 games in the senior category while the junior category of the tournament 2 gold medals out of 4 medals available in the category. Laureates College performed the feat against the other qualifier from Nigeria, Kristabel College and others finalists from Ghana, categorised into Teams A and B .The Laureates College team senior category was represented by Micheal Amadi, Chisom Nzerem, Temilehin Suleiman and Uzochukwu Okeke – Felix While the junior category had Onyinye Okonkwo and Chigozie Amadi.
While presenting the trophy and medals to Laureates College, the Co-ordinator of the tournament who is also the Secretary General of Ghana’s Chess Federation, Mrs Christiana Ashley praised the Laureates College team for their impressive showing at the tournament and wished them to be tenacious in the power game, adding ‘ I know you will go very far in the game of Chess.’
An elated Mr Laju, who led the Laureates College contingent comprising of two teachers and six students, to the tournament said it was a very competitive event and ‘our students just made us proud.’
Source: http://www.thenationonlineng.net
Congrats!