A ranar Asabar din da ta gabata ne Anuoluwapo Opeyori wanda ke rike da kambun gasar Badminton na Afirka ya lashe kambun gasar Ikoyi Club National Badminton Classics karo na 3 da ya dawo bayan shafe shekaru 24 ba ya yi.
An gayyaci manyan ‘yan wasa 36 na kasar zuwa gasar bisa la’akari da matsayinsu na kasa.
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Dan wasan Najeriya na daya, ya doke Victor Ikechukwu na jihar Rivers a wasan karshe na gasar maza ta Classics da ci 2-1 (21-12, 16-21, 21-10).
A cikin ’yan matan da ba a yi aure ba, ’yar wasan Jihar Ogun, Dorcas Adesokan ta yi aiki mai laushi a kan Sofiat Obanisola ta Jihar Ribas da ci 2-0 (23-21, 21-18).
Habeeb Bello (Oyo) da Aliyu Shehu (Jahar Neja) ne suka fito a matsayi na 3 na maza yayin da Deborah Ukeh da Deborah Ukeh da ta kori zakaran Mutual Assurance Badminton Championship Ruth Ebere daga jihar Edo a matsayi na 3 na hadin gwiwa.
An baiwa wadanda suka yi nasara a rukunin biyu kyautar N500,000, N300,000 da N150,000 bi da bi. ‘Yan wasan Semi Final suma sun yi murmushi a gida da N100,000. Dukkanin mahalarta taron sun samu N50,000 a matsayin kudin fito.
Babban abin burgewa a wajen bikin shi ne kawata Oba Adedapo Tejuosho (Osile Oke Ona na Egbaland) a matsayin dan wasan badminton na farko da aka fara shigar da shi dakin shahararren wasanni a kasar nan.
Oba Tejuosho shi ne Shugaban kungiyar Amateur Badminton Association of Nigeria (ABAN) na lokacin a tsakanin 1976 zuwa 1989. Daga baya ABAN ya zama kungiyar Badminton ta Najeriya a 1991, shekaru uku bayan wa’adin Oba Tejuosho ya kare a ragar badminton kasar.
Mai sha’awar farfaɗo da wasanni a ƙarƙashin agogon Barr. Francis Orbih, Oba Tejuosho ya yi wa shugaban kasa mai ci, addu’ar Allah ya kara girma ya jagoranci wasanni a matakin duniya.
Oba ya ba da gudummawar N2million ga gasar Classic.
Punch/Ladan Nasidi.
