set to hold on Thursday the 11th and Friday the 12th of May, 2017 at the
Onikan Stadium in Lagos.
The knock-out phase of the prestigious football tournament will feature 8
games that will see the last 16 teams in both the male and female
categories of the competition continue their quest to clinch the highly
coveted trophy. This season has already produced an exciting array of
football skills and talent, and the quarter-final games are sure to raise
that excitement with eye-catching match ups.
The girls will kick off the quarter finals on Thursday with Greensprings
School, Lekki playing against Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, while
Ansar-Ud-Deen Girls High School, Itire plays the second game of the day
against Dowen College, Lekki. The Greensprings male team will play against
Eko Boys High School, Mushin in an afternoon fixture, while the game
between Kings College, Lagos and Anwar-Ul-Islam College, Agege wraps up
the day.
On Friday, the female teams will again set the ball rolling with a
match-up between Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School, Iponri and
Ansar-Ud-Deen College, Isolo. In the second game, the defending champions
Queens College, Yaba will seek to retain the trophy when they meet
International School, Akoka. The afternoon games will pitch Jubril Martin
Memorial Grammar School, Iponri against St. Gregory’s College, Ikoyi, and
St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka against International School, all in the male
category.
Seven out of the sixteen teams that will be playing in the quarter finals
have won the tournament in the past and will be looking to repeat the
feat. Three schools, Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri,
International School Lagos, and Greensprings Schools, Lekki, will field
both male and female contingents for the first time in this phase of the
competition.
Established in 2012, the GTBank Masters Cup is an annual football
competition for first generation and private secondary schools in Lagos
State, to promote camaraderie and foster friendliness amongst competing
schools.
Commenting on the competition, Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of
Guaranty Trust Bank plc, said “We are proud to lead this initiative that
provides an avenue for students to showcase their talents and passion for
the game of football even as they remain committed to their academics.” He
further stated that “This competition paves the way for youths to
cultivate their sporting talents and aptitudes, while fostering and
building a healthier lifestyle at a critical stage in their lives”.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc is one of the few Nigerian financial institutions
that has maintained a defined Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
strategy since its inception in 1990. The Bank actively supports
in-classroom and out-of-classroom educational programmes, infrastructure
development, students’ scholarship and teachers training across Africa.