Wednesday 19 January 2022

Winners earn N1m at Ceniplug VGC Badminton Open

 



 With a view to growing badminton in Nigeria, sports marketing firm, Ceniplug, has held the 2021 VGC Badminton Open, with winners receiving N1 million prize money and souvenirs.

To add colour to the event, the tournament was fused with a caution party.

The event, which was held at Victoria Garden City, Lagos during the yuletide, recorded about five hundred participants.

Obinna Igwe won the men’s singles title, while Jacob Ife was runner-up, just as Ruth Toju Danbaki won the women singles with Chinenye Oguejiofor as runner up.

In the mixed doubles category, Obinna Igwe and Thelma Ajomiwe got the gold medals, while Osuyi Ik and Ruth Danbaki were runners-up.

Speaking on the essence of the event, Tosan Emmanuel Lori, founder of Ceniplug and coordinator of the VGC Badminton Club, said, “keeping fit through physical activities and sports have many benefits for the body. Sport is also a lucrative business at the professional level.