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The Greensprings Football Camp (GFC), now in its 12th edition and recognised as one of Nigeria’s most respected grassroots football development initiatives, has announced the winners of its Keep It Up Challenge held recently at Awoyaya Primary School and the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government grounds.
Four talented young players emerged victorious from the challenge and have each been awarded a full sponsorship to attend the 2026 Greensprings Football Camp at Greensprings School, Lekki-Awoyaya, Lagos.
The winners from Awoyaya Primary School are Olayinka Elijah and Aliyah Issa, while the winners from Ibeju-Lekki Local Government are Korede Oladele and Onipede James
The Keep It Up Challenge was designed as a talent discovery exercise, bringing elite football opportunity directly into the heart of communities that rarely access it. The event was facilitated by coaches from West Brom alongside FIFA licensed agent Sylvester Okonkwo, whose presence underscored the seriousness and global standard of the initiative.
The Greensprings Football Camp has trained over 2,300 children across its 11 editions, awarded 13 full academic scholarships to Greensprings School, produced four alumni now playing professionally in European football clubs, and contributed five alumni to Nigeria’s Under-17 national team, two of whom, Jubril Azeez and Light Eke, are currently in the squad.
By taking the Keep It Up Challenge to Awoyaya and Ibeju-Lekki, Greensprings has once again demonstrated that the pursuit of talent does not wait for children to come to opportunity. Opportunity must go to them.
At the camp, winners will receive intensive coaching from Victor Ikpeba, former Monaco, Borussia Dortmund, and Real Betis forward, West Brom coaches, and Lagos State Football Association certified trainers.
They will participate in drills covering shooting, ball control, passing, tactical positioning, tackling, defending, and goalkeeping fundamentals, giving them a genuinely comprehensive player development experience.
None of this would have been possible without the generosity of the individuals who came forward as sponsors. These are people who chose to invest not in stadiums or leagues, but in children from communities like Awoyaya and Ibeju-Lekki.
Their contribution is the reason four young players will walk onto that field and experience something that could define the rest of their lives. Greensprings extends its deepest gratitude to every sponsor, named and unnamed, for making this moment real.
