Badminton: Gagaar rules Ikoyi Club Chairman's Cup

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Kailash Gaggar beat about 50 other competitors to emerge winner of the 2023 Chairman's Cup of the Badminton Section of Ikoyi Club.

Gaggar, who competed in Group B, scored the highest number of points to cart home the top prize at the expense of Group A winner, Siddharth Saboo, who edged Vitus Akudinobi and Sunny Orizu to second and third places while

Daniel Adeoye ruled in Group C.

The highpoint of the day was the award given to 86-year-old Pa Eric Okoye, who has been a member of the section since 1979. He attributed his healthy look to him playing badminton for over 60 years.

Awards were also given to eight other previous chairmen of the section notably among was Francis Orbih, a former president of the Nigeria Badminton...