The 2016 edition and the 8th in the series of the Independence Rugby 7s tournament ended yesterday at Onikan Stadium, Lagos, with the Samurai Bulldogs carting home the giant trophy and a huge sum prize money. In the final game of the two day tournament which was organised by the Friends of Rugby with support […]
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Owu Sports, Nigeria’s Foremost indigenous Sportswear Manufacturing Company will this week Open the first of its retail outlets In Ikeja, Lagos. Nigeria. And according to the C.E.O of the company Barrister Tunji Brown This is geared towards bringing the company’s products closer to fans of all the Nigerian Football Clubs that the Company provides kits for.
Brown Said: “we observed that most Nigerian Football lovers have been deprived of a chance to support their clubs because most of them do not know were to purchase their club’s jerseys and other branded paraphenalia”
The Plan is to Give Nigerian Sports fans an Opportunity to buy replica jerseys of their favourite Nigerian Football Clubs.
Owusports will open a retail outlet in a every city were our partner clubs are based, this way the fans can walk in to purchase their jerseys and even have them branded if they so desire.
MFM FC, ABS FC, Stationery Stores fc, just to mention a few are some of the Nigerian Clubs being kitted by OwuSports.
And the Sports wear manufacturing Company Only Recently Expanded its scope by providing kits for most of the Clubs that Participated in the recently concluded Independence Rugby Sevens in Lagos.
Ex-Springbok 7’s talisman ‘’Fabian Juries’ will arrive Lagos on the 30st October 2014 for the Independence 7’s in Lagos in a bid to promote the game of rugby in Nigeria, the Ex-Springbok speed star is IRB Sevens highest try scorer in South Africa and 13th in the world.
He is expected to help with officiating in the tournament and prepare the Nigerian national team the ‘Black Stallions’ for the African Sevens Championship in Zimbabwe in November 2014.
Mr Kelechukwu Mbagwu CEO CMB Building who also doubles as also the chairman of Friends of rugby, a major supporter and sponsor of independence rugby sevens from its inception in 2009 Said: “We are glad that one of the top rugby sevens player in the world will be in Nigeria to support the development of the sport and the tournament, his presence will also help motivate the home based players, he further reported that preparations is ongoing to ensure we have a great tournament, and also to ensure we further harness the opportunities embedded therein”.
Nigeria has a population of over 150 million; we are also naturally built for Rugby. If properly harnessed, Rugby can become our number one sport in the country”. The real estate veteran who is an ex rugby player further stressed that the game of rugby is the greatest team sport ever, it teaches discipline, respect and he expects the game to spread fast into all schools in the country.
This year’s Independence 7’s will be held at the Onikan Stadium, Onikan, Lagos on the 31st of October and 1st of November 2014.
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