By Ijidele Monday AbdulRahman
The draws for Season 9 of the GTB Master’s Cup was held on Thursday at the GTB headquarters in Victoria island.
Dignitaries present at the event include the NFF First Vice President and Chairman of the Lagos Football Association, Barisster Seyi Akinwunmi, Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Alhaji Abdulgafar Bolowotan, COO of Media Vision consult and the Group Managing Director of GTB sports.
The programme started at exactly 12pm with the welcome address from the president of Lagos First Generation Heritage Colleges Association (LAFGHECA).
In his short speech, he advocated that the competition should always begin and end on time, so that it does not clash with the academic calendar of participating Schools.
The competition which is in its 9th season houses mostly First Generation Colleges who were established before Nigeria gained her independent in 1960 and few private school brought into the competition to add to it’s glamour.
The highlight of the draws unarguable is in group A where two past champions are set to collide in the preliminary.
2014 champions Eko Boys High School, Mushin will file out against the almighty Saint Finbaars’ College,Akoka.
Group A of the pairing also houses other reputable teams such as Federal Science and technology College, Yaba, Hallifield School, Lekki, Avi cenna College, Ikeja and Apostolic grammar school, Ketu.
Defending champions King’s College were handed what pundits call a stroll in the park draw. A battle against Federal Government College, Ijanikin appear to be the only match that will give them a headache.
Other teams in the group includes Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Western College, Yaba, Ansar-Ul-Deen isolo and Ansar-Ul-Deen, Randle.
See full group pairing for Male and Female below.
