{"id":237823,"date":"2012-12-09T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/eko-2012-why-we-won-delta\/"},"modified":"2012-12-09T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:26:00","slug":"eko-2012-why-we-won-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/09\/eko-2012-why-we-won-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Eko 2012: Why we won \u2013 Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"101\">\n<p>BY JACOB AJOM<\/p>\n<p>The victory did not come cheap. \u201cIt took months of camping, hard training, discipline and divine intervention to achieve the victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those were the words of the executive chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Pinnick Amaju when he was explaining the excellent performance of Team Delta at the 18th\u00a0National Sports Festival, Eko 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2012\/12\/bye-bye-eko-2012\u2022\u2022\u2022-welcome-eket-2012\/eko-2012-k\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-337820\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-337820\" title=\"Eko-2012-K\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Eko-2012-K.jpg?9d7bd4\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>The post victory celebration began at The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) headquarters, Anthony Village, La gos on Sunday where members of the victorious team and officials went for a thanksgiving service.<\/p>\n<p>In attendance was the Executive Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and his wife, Rolly, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Right Honourable Victor Ochei and other top government functionaries.<\/p>\n<p>At the church, Amaju recalled the role God played in their victory, saying that the team\u2019s performance was a testimony to the fact that \u201cprayer is the most fundamental thing a man needs to achieve whatever he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a chat with journalists, Amaju spoke further on the secret behind the victory of Team Delta at the Sports Festival which was concluded last night at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we returned from Port Harcourt(Garden City Games) we called ourselves to a meeting and asked, what went wrong? After serious review of our performance we created what we call a comfort zone for athletes.<\/p>\n<p>That is planning for their lives after their competitive years. We engaged most of them as staff of the Delta State Sports Council He contended that most of the athletes from other states are used during festivals and forgotten thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our case, we employ them and offer them the opportunity to go to school. \u201cBlessing Okagbare, for instance, was on Grade level 04 when she left for the United States, but today, as a graduate, she is on Grade Level 08 step 2,\u201d Amaju said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said early preparations and regular release of funds enhanced their training schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe prepared very well and gained a lot from areas we were handicapped in previous festivals. \u201cIn Kaduna, we got one gold medal in weight lifting, today; we got 15 of the available 36 gold medals in power lifting.<\/p>\n<p>We also won 10 out of 16 in weightlifting. One happy thing is that our victory spread across all the sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State G S B Total<\/p>\n<p>Delta 114 99 75 228<br \/>Rivers 76 71 70 217<br \/>Lagos 64 47 71 182<br \/>Edo 25 23 44 92<br \/>Bayelsa 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a022\u00a0 58<br \/>Ondo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28\u00a0 58<br \/>Ogun\u00a0\u00a0 15 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31 68<br \/>C\/River\u00a0 12 14 23\u00a0\u00a0 49<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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