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BLUE HOUSE CLINCHES FIRST POSITION WITH 32 MEDALS

BY LEO EZEKIEL

The blue house of Lara Day School has proudly, pleasantly and sportmanly clinched the first position at 2019 Lara Day School Interhouse sports competition at Agege Stadium, AgegeLagos.

With 32 medals.

In clinching the first position the blues house pooled 17 gold medals, six silver medals and nine bronze medals. The Yellow house came second position with total of 31 medals pooling in as 11 gold medals, 11 silver medals and nine bronze medals. The red house came out the third position with total of 30 medals arising from 3 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.

Speaking with journalists the Chairman Effimi Odo said that education is not only about studying in the class rooms all the times adding that sporting activities are very important to physical and mental development of the children.

He said that the certificate issued out to graduates by University authorities always carries (in learning and character) adding that the totality of education must be all encompassing through academics and sporting activities. 

He said that his own father encouraged him heavily while he was a child and student adding that he too is uncommonly encouraging his own children now so that they would learn to love and praticalise these norms when they too become parents.

Speaking again he said that he initiated the ideas of awarding cash prizes to winners so that they can spurred to work hard adding that there is always rooms for improvements.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonlineportal. Franciseca Ayinde a friend of Lara Day School said she came to encourage the children, parents and school authority adding that the events is quite good, interesting, bonding the children together in love and all that. She said that the children actually entertained the audience with their unimaginable performances.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonlineportal Tokunbo Ajanaku National Vice Chairmanof Nigerian Institution of Engineering and a parent of Lara Day School says that his son is in basic five adding that fathers are never available to support their children and wards with human activities. He says that fathers are always pushing most duties to mothers to handle whereas there are some very vital duties father should deftly, proactively and pragmatically handled.

He said that the standards of education in Nigeria is at lowest ebb adding that a state of emergency should be declared in the education sector so that the standards could be uncommonly improved for the public good of all and sundry.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonlineoportal Olabanju Olurin the supervisor of the school said that the Interhouse sports competition was fun for the children as the completion was very competitive, entertaining. He says that Lara Day School had been very solid in churing out great Nigerians in all walk of life adding that the one time speaker of Federal house of representatives, Abuja Hon. Dimeji Bankole was a product of Lara Day School.

Again Olurin said the Laraness in Hon. Bankole has propelled him to run for the governorship of Ogun State under ADP political party adding that the list of those Nigerians that started their educational streak at Lara Day School are endless.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonlineportal the patron of blue house Tolu Omoniyi said that he was really gladdened that Olufunmilayo house came out first with 32 medals adding that the school management would keep the nice tempo of training the children in academics and sporting events.

Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonlineportal Farhad Shalid a national of Pakistan and a parent of Lara Day School said that he is very happy to see his son participating in the track and field events of inter house sports competition adding that the inter house sports competition should be held regularly as it makes the children very healthy and mentally balanced.

The Nigeria Police Band entertained the audience with nice mixed grills of music.

The children themselves were exceedingly happy with the inter house sports competition and the Police band played stand up for the champions for blue house.