Winners coast home as Gombe Inter Schools Athletics, Principal Cup Tourney Ends

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

Some schools team and individuals have proven their mantle, coast home with achievements, awards, and standout performances laurels as the Gombe State Inter Secondary Schools Athletics Championship ends this weekend.

Participants from across the state’s 11 local government areas  have further showcased the feasta as a revaluation ground for future talents.

The competition has not
only highlighted individual
athletics’ prowess, it has
also fostered school spirit
and camaraderie among
students.

One of the standout
performers was U-20
Boy’s 3000m champion,
Lamech Danladi who
represented Diocesan High
School Bulari. Danladi set
a personal best record (PB)
enroute his victory.

Government Day Secondary
School (GDSS) Shehu
Abubakar are the champions
of the 2025 Gombe State Inter
Secondary School Principal’s
Cup.
The school’s football team
defeated Savannah School
Gombe in a keenly final
match played at the Gombe
Stadium in Pantami on Friday
evening to emerge champions
of the five days soccer fiesta.
Ademu Maigari scored
the lone goal of the match
seven minutes to hand his
side the giant trophy of the competition and two hundred thousand naira (N200,000)
cash prize.

The GDSS’s victory over
Savannah in the Gombe
Principal’s Cup not only
highlights the school’s soccer
prowess but also fosters
school pride and community
spirit.
In the third match decided
before the final match,
Government Science
Technical College (GSTC)
defeated Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) Academy 4-3
on penalty to win the bronze
medal.
The 2025 Gombe State
Inter Secondary Schools
Principal’s Cup, the first of
it’s kind in the entire North
east region was put together
by the chief executive officer
(CEO) of the Green White
Green (GWG), Ahmed
Shuaibu-Gara Gombe