BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE, LAGOS
KANO PILLARS and SAFETY BABES were crowned champions of the PRUDENT ENERGY HANDBALL PREMIER LEAGUE which ended on Wednesday at the ROWE PARK SPORTS CENTER, YABA, LAGOS.
KANO PILLARS defeated DE DEFENDERS 29-21 to win the male category of the league with 38 points, two points above SAFETY SHOOTERS who defeated erstwhile defending champion NIGER UNITED 34-29 to finish on second position with 36 points.
A disappointed NIGER UNITED, found themselves in 4th position and out of podium as they had same points but scored lesser goals than LAGOS SEASIDERS who defeated SOKOTO RIMA 40-31 to finish in third with 34 points.
PLATEAU VIPERS finished 7th in the league with 17 points as they lost out to KADA STARS 22-21. KADA STARS finished 6th with 16 points.
COAS SHOOTERS finished 6th with 25 points as they defeated BORNO SPIDERS 29-28. BORNO SPIDERS finished 9th with 12 points.
OWENA KINGS and PRISON KEY BOYS are the bottom teams even as the AKURE based OWENA defeated the PRISON KEY BOYS 23-21.
For the female category, SAFETY BABES celebrated winning the title after defeating erstwhile defending champion PLATEAU PEACOCKS 31-29 in what was a pulsating game.
The FRSC LADIES thus finished first on the log with 32 points while PLATEAU finished third with 29 points.
EDO DYNAMOS finished second with 30 points as they played a 31-31 draw with GHANA POLICE in a match that didn’t have any significance on the league standing.
IMO GRASSHOPPERS finished fourth with 26 points as they defeated fifth place SEASIDER BABES of Lagos 27-21. SEASIDERS finished with 18 points.
The winners of the league got N1Million naira while the first runner up (second) got N750,000 and the second runner up (third) got N500,000
FINAL DAY’S RESULTS.
OWENA KINGS–PRISON KEY BOYS 23-21
LAGOS SEASIDERS–SOKOTO RIMA 40-31.
GHANA POLICE–EDO DYNAMOS 31-31.
KADA STARS–PLATEAU VIPERS 22-21.
IMO GRASSHOPPERS–SEASIDER BABES 27-21.
BORNO SPIDERS–COAS SHOOTERS 28-29
SAFETY SHOOTERS–NIGER UNITED 34-29
PLATEAU PEACOCKS–SAFETY BABES 29-31.
KANO PILLARS–D: DEFENDERS 29-21.
