The annual Zenith Bank sponsored Inter-School Swimming Gala takes place on April 29th at the Ikoyi Club 1938 Swimming Section.
This year’s edition, which is the 6th in the series, will see young swimmers from secondary schools compete for honours on Saturday.
The invitational event will involve students in age categories of 11 to 12, 13 to 14 and 15 to 16 years in both the boys and girls cadre. A member of the organising committee, Folusho Olaiya, told our correspondent that all arrangements have been concluded for the swimming gala, which promises to be highly thrilling and interesting.
Olaiya added that the boys and girls in the 33.3m and 66.6m categories of Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle would compete for events. They will also compete in the Freestyle Relay, MIx Medley Relay and the Mix Freestyle Relay.
On the level of registration so far, Olaiya said: “We are still collating registration as this closes later in the week. We cannot give an accurate figure for now because we are still in the process.”
Chairman of the Swimming Section, Ikedichi Kanu, also expressed readiness of the elite club to make the event memorable for the junior swimmers.
In the 2022 edition, 15 secondary schools attended the event in which 184 swimmers competed for honours in 24 individual and four relay events.