Yellow House emerges top of Rehoboth Prime Years School’s 1st Inter-House Sports

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja

In line with the dictum of a sound mind in a sound body policy of Rehoboth Prime Years School, Golden Spring Estate,  Duboyi, Abuja, the students and pupils of the school took to the field at the weekend for their first-ever Inter-House Sports with the Yellow House otherwise called George Muller House emerging as the overall winner of the event.

The competition, which was held at the nearby sports complex of Africa International College, Kaura District, Abuja, saw the Yellow House beat rival houses in many events, including but not limited to March past; 100m race junior and senior boys/ girls and Sack race junior and senior boys/ girls.

Other events featured in the sports fiesta are Relay race; Fill in the bottle for early years; Egg race and Novelty race for parents as well as Three-legged race.

Red House (Vincent Ntinu House) was in the second position; Blue House (Abraham Terah) took the third place while Green House (Moses Amram House) took a distant fourth position.

Speaking at the end of the competition, the proprietreess of Rehoboth Prime Years School, Mrs. Ogochukwuka Enendu commended the pupils and students for participating in the event.

She expressed her delight in the overall performance of the budding athletes. She therefore encouraged the pupils and students to continue to show traits of sportsmanship  irrespective of their different houses

Mrs. Enendu said that those names she picked from the four houses mean a lot to her, pointing out that it  inspired her to start up “this great citadel of learning, Rehoboth Prime Years School.”

Also, speaking at the event, Mrs Mary Oyibo,   House Master of the winners (Yellow House), expressed her delight that her wards won, saying that the efforts she put in preparatory to the Inter-House Sports was not in vain.

In her assessment of the event, Mrs Miriam Mbaegbu, Primary Coordinator of the 1st Inter-House Sports, said it was a great success and commended the pupils/students, school management and parents for supporting the programme.

Said she: “Physical exercise, sports, and movement directly enhance mental health, reducing anxiety and improving focus.”

Meanwhile, Mrs. Oluchi Awurumibe, whose son Akachukwu Samuel Harrison is in the winning Yellow House, praised the school management for organising the sports fiesta.

 “No doubt that  our children were full of excitement today. I am happy that my child is part of the winning house. I pray  it keeps growing as we look forward to a fun and memorable day filled with teamwork and sportsmanship”, she concluded.