Team Oyo yesterday won silver medal in Golf at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Edo state.

The last time Team Oyo won a medal was at the National Sports Festival in Abuja 2004.

Emmanuel Samuel and Olalekan Ogunbameru won the silver medal in men’s doubles foursome alternative shot category of Golf, edging out Bayelsa state, who won Bronze medal.

The Pacesetter Athletes have so far won one hundred and two medals, with twenty nine gold, thirty silver and forty three bronze.

With few games to be decided today, Delta state is sitting comfortably on the medals table, while Edo and Bayelsa states are trailing the Ifeanyi Okowa’s Athletes.

Meanwhile, the closing ceremony of the 20th national sports festival will come up this evening at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is expected to declare the festival closed, while the hosts of the 2022 edition will be announced at the ceremony.

Olaolu Fawole

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