Tertiary Institutions Set To Jostle For Honours As 4th Lagos Tertiary Games Begins In October.

 The 4th edition of Lagos Tertiary Games will hold from 26 October- 3 November, 2012.

Series of meetings between the facilitator of the Games- the Office of the Senior Special Assistant on Grassroots Sports Development to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, organised by various relevant sporting associations and the representatives of all higher institutions in Lagos State are ongoing to ensure that this year’s competition surpass previous editions.

Since 2009 when the tourney made its debut, the Tertiary Games have been a platform for the students of higher institutions in Lagos to compete for honours in various sports and have created healthy rivalries among the institutions where student athletes have been winning prizes not only for their schools but incentives such as cash awards for themselves.

 Some of them have appreciated the Governor’s initiative and confirmed usage of the same to take care of their schooling endeavours.

The sum of N9.825 million was graciously approved by the sports loving governor of Lagos as prize money for winners in various sports (athletics, Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Football, Beach Soccer and Beach Volleyball) in last year’s edition and another sum of N3.250 million as preparation support (kits and training sessions) for the 17 institutions depending on the numbers of athletes they featured in the Games last year.

The same prize monies and preparations grant are also available for the 4th edition As the kick-off day draws nearer, authorities of various schools have intensified training of their athletes.

Lagos State Polytechnics, LASPOTECH won the 2011 edition with 6 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze medals and the winners were given N3.3m as well as giant trophies and medals for their efforts. University of Lagos came second with 5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze and they won N2m, Lagos State University, LASU came third with 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals, the athletes received N1.810m, while Yaba College of Education, Yabatech, came fourth with 4 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze and the athletes were proud winners of N1.735m.

 Trophies are for the institutions, while medals and cash awards are direct benefits to all the winning athletes. This has always been stated clearly when disbursing to all the lucky institutions.

In 2011, 1189 students/athletes participated for the 17 institutions in the last tournament. As mentioned earlier, vigorous training sessions are going on within all the institutions (State, Private and Federal) Lagos- based that will take part in the weeklong tourney.

The questions on the lips of several students and enthusiasts are, who will be winners in all these sports and who will become the best athletes/teams in various categories? Other students, friends and contemporaries of all the institutions and athletes are getting set to cheer them to victories in registering their own participation and they are expected to be at all the venues.