FENASSCO A Games: Minister Nalova Lyonga salutes fair play as Centre Region retains crown.

Fair play trophy handed to SW Regional Delegate of Secondary Education

The Minister of Secondary Education, Prof Nalova Lyonga, has praised the conduct of athletes and officials who took part in the 2024 edition of the National Federation of Schools Sports, dubbed FENASCCO A Games.

She was speaking in Limbe, on Tuesday April 9. This was at the close of the week-long competition, which grouped athletes from secondary and teacher training colleges from the country.



Minister Nalova saluted the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship, portrayed by the competitors and urged them to continue to strive for excellence.

For a week, beginning April 2, over 2,000 athletes competed for medals in individual and collective disciplines; including table tennis, wrestling, badminton, athletics, football, volleyball, basketball, handball among others.

The minister said some of the outstanding performances in the competition show that the students can build their talents in various disciplines while also excelling in their studies.

Minister Nalova addressing athletes, officials at Limbe Omnisport Stadium

 

 

Centre Region wins again

For the fourth successive time, athletes from the Centre Region stood tall, grabbing the highest number of medals for secondary schools.

With a total of 57 medals, including 36 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals, the Region was ranked first. 

Before the Limbe Games, the Centre Region had been the undisputed winners of the 2019, 2022 and 2023 editions of the competition. 

The Far North and West Regions, were ranked second and third with 41 and 53 medals respectively, with the former winning more gold medals (17) than the latter (11).

Host, South West Region, and the North West Region, improved on their rankings as compared to the last edition of the Games in Garoua and Gashigha.

Athletes from the South West Region bagged home 24 medals, five in gold, while those of North West Region totaled 15 medals, five in gold as well.

Though the Littoral Region won 20 medals, there were ranked last (10th), given they returned home with just two gold medals.

In the classification for teacher training colleges, (ENIEG and ENIET) the host, South West Region, was ranked first with 8 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.