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Freshers, Final Year Team Lift LINCOMSSA Games Trophies
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- Published: 15 July 2021
By Otikor Samuel
Year One 'A' Team of the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies beat its Final Year counterpart to emerge winner of the final football encounter in the female category at the LINCOMSSA Games/HoD's Cup last month. The match ended with two goals to nil. Conversely, the Final Year Team beat the Third Year Team to win the male category at the final match in penalty shootout after the full-time encounter which ended in a 1-1 draw. Speaking before the kick-off to mark the official opening of the Game on Thursday, June 10, 2021, Head of the Department, Professor Aniefiok Udoudo, showered praises on the President of the Linguistics and Communication Studies Students Association (LINCOMSSA) for organising the competition, despite paucity of fund. He promised that the Department would make it better in subsequent times. In his speech, President of LINCOMSSA, Livinus Okonkwo, said the competition was organised to unite students of the Department, as well as showcase talents. He disclosed that other activities which featured in the event included 100m race, egg race, sack race, 4100m ˟ relay race, chess, scrabble, play station and table tennis competitions with winners in all the events. He expressed gratitude to the leadership and staff of the Department for the successful hosting of the Game.
