Adorable Angels' coach explains how rookies overcame veterans to win Prudent Energy Handball League

Date: 2020-11-17

Coach Isiaka Atanda of Adorable Angels has explained that dedication and the full backing from the club's chairman helped them to win this year's Prudent Energy Handball League title, which held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

The team from Ilorin, Kwara State, against all odds, triumphed over veteran teams, gathering 26 points to narrowly beat Edo Dynamos (25 points) to the title. The defending champions, Safety Babes had 24 points, Plateau Peacocks (19 points) and Imo Grasshoppers (18 points) in their maiden appearance at the elite handball league

Speaking to The Guardian yesterday, Atanda said no team gave them a chance of emerging winners, adding that the girls played free of anxiety and were focused on winning the championship.

"The girls, who made up the Adorable Angels, are still in school at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State University, Kwara Polytechnic, and Kwara College of Education. These girls first appeared at the U-12 championship, which they won. In 2014. At the U-16 cadet championship, they finished fourth and have also participated in other championships.

"Living together in the Ilorin metropolis made it easy for them to come together and prepare for several training sessions. And we have our indefatigable Chairman in Mr. Emmanuel Sunday Olubiyo, who is always there to back us up in anything, ranging from handball kits and up to even paying the girls' school fees just to ensure they remained focused.

"I delighted that we won the title in our first appearance because hard work stood out for us against the veterans of the game. We were never given any chance, even someone advised we should try so as not to be relegated to the lower division and I laughed. But the story is different now because we are the champions of the 2020 edition of the Prudent Energy Handball League," he stated.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Maryam A. Garuba     Ishola Abdullahi     Ibrahim Bio     Kwara Metro Park     Peter Obi     April 11     Haliru Dantoro     Ekiti     EFCC     Senate President     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Fulani     Budo Egba     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Femtech     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Dele Belgore     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Ojuekun     Ahmad Uthman     Christian Association Of Nigeria     CACOVID Palliatives     Kwara State Football Association     Jide Ashonibare     Woro     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Kola Bukoye     Moshood Bakare     Code Of Conduct     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Yusuf Badmus     Toyosi Thomas     Charles Ibitoye     Segun Abifarin     Justina Oha     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Fatai Olodo     United Nigeria Congress Party     Lafiagi     Overland     Tinubu Legacy Forum     PPS     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Mustapha Akanbi     Kwabes     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Olabode George Towoju     Ramadan     Inside Kwara     Joseph Bamigboye     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Otuka     Abiodun Oyedepo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Adaramaja     Surajudeen Akanbi     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Sunday Otokiti     Bisi Oyeleke     Muhammad Yahya     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Yakubu Dogara     Kannike     Radio SBS     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Abraysports FC     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Joseph Daudu     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kwara State Governor     Hijab     Ado Bayero     Chief Of Staff     Shehu Salau    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KWSUED     John Olobayo     Yusuf Abubakar     IFK     Ahmad Lawan     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Oloriegbe     Kabir Shagaya     Kayode Bankole     Kwara Apc     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Olatunji Ibrahim     Fareedah Dankaka     Tafidan Kaiama     Yaman     Students Union Government     Shaaba Lafiagi     Kwara State Government     Code Of Conduct Bureau     CACOVID     Ali Ahmad     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abubakar Baba     Durosinlohun Kawu     SSA Youth Engagement     Lateef Fagbemi     Fulani     Ridwan Agboola     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Jimba Babatunde     Manzuma     Suleiman Abubakar     Bankole Omisore     Yetunde Balogun     Mohammed Haruna     Afonja Descendants Union     Yekeen Alabi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Jumoke Gafar     Azeez Salawu     International Aviation College     Habeeb Saidu     Face Masks     Muhammed Abdullahi     Afeyin-Olukuta     Alanamu     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abraysports FC     Valsolar Consultoria     Goodluck Jonathan     Timothy Akangbe     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Diagnostic Centre     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Sheikh Alimi     Umar Saro     Idris Garba     Bello Abubakar     Hakeem Lawal     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Shururat Olatinwo     Emmanuel Bello     Alapansapa     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Ilesha-Baruba     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Najim Yaasin