National Hockey Super League Kicks Off In Abuja
The 2023 edition of the National Hockey Super league has kicked off in grand style at the Hockey Pitch of the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria.
The defending champions of the male and female categories, Kada Stars of Kaduna and Delta Queens, started from the blazing form they left off in last year’s tournament as both had an emphatic victories over their opponents.
The Kaduna based team showed no pity to their counterpart as they beat Plateau male team with a 3-0 victory to send warning signals to the rest of the male teams. Meanwhile, the runner up of last year’s event, Police Machines and IGP male team had a narrow win over Niger Flickers and Edo male team respectively.
However, Delta Queens faced off against Edo Queen and claimed a hard fought 1-0 victory. Another exciting game saw IGP Babes and Bayelsa Queens settle for 1-1 draw.
Three matches were postponed from game 1, with a match from Stallions and Yobe male team in the male category and the remaining two matches between Plateau Queens and Adamawa Queens, as well as Southwest Queens and Kada Queens in the female category.
Hockey Super League/Jane Iyabode Aluko.
