By Wilson Adekumola
About 21 schools are set to participate in the annual Zenith Bank sponsored inter school swimming gala scheduled for Saturday at prestigious Ikoyi Club 1938.
A total of 15 teams were said to have taken part in the secondary school swimming event last year but some new schools have registered to show that more fun will be derived by the participants.
According to the Nation, a member of the organising committee, Folusho Olaiya, said that six new schools registered for the 2023 event.
The entrants include Kids Courts School, Supreme Education Foundation, Lagoon Secondary School, Dowen School, CourtHill School and Greenville School.
She explained that this shows how stiff and competitive the forthcoming event would be as the registration procedure was ongoing as at Thursday.
She said, “We have new schools joining us and we are hopeful that more schools will register for the 2023 event,” she said.
The Chairman of the Swimming Section, Ikedichi Kanu, stressed that Ikoyi Cub was ready for the swimming event for the junior swimmers.
It was revealed that 15 secondary schools took part in the event in 2022 which 184 swimmers competed for honours in 24 individual and four relay events.
“It is always fun to see the young ones compete, especially those in schools, they are the future.
“As the host, we are ready in all aspects to stage a high standard event for the young ones. Everything is in place and we are ready,” Kanu said.
The events to be competed for by the boys and girls are the 33.3m and 66.6m categories of Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle. They will also compete in the Freestyle Relay, MIx Medley Relay and the Mix Freestyle Relay.
Grange School won the last edition with 13 gold, seven silver and one bronze medals.
