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Imo Grasshopper Wins Big At The Prudent Energy Handball Premier League Final Phase

By Admin

Despite the heavy downpour, matchday 4 of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League final phase at Rowe Park Sports Center, Yaba, Lagos went unaffected.

In a press release by Cosmos Akisi the personal assistance to the president, Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, Samuel Ocheho, in the women category, Imo Grasshoppers inspired by Adaobi Okoro's man of the match performance comfortably defeated Desert Queens 32-16 while defending champion Plateau Peacocks defeated Seasider Babes 26-20.

Leaders, Safety Babes overcame Owena Babes with a 34-17 victory while Kada Queens defeated Abia Valliants 36-23 .

Edo Dynamos left it late but eventually saw off Defender Babes with a 29-28 victory while Ghana Police inflicted another defeat Desert Queens with an emphatic 29-14 victory. The match result though does not have a bearing on the league standing.

In the men category, De Defender had to dig deep to defeat Sokoto Rima 28-27 while defending champion Niger United comfortably defeated Owena Kings 47-29.

Safety Shooters defeated Borno Spiders 39-26 while COAS Shooters struggled but eventually shot down Kada Stars with a slim 29-28 victory.

League leaders Kano Pillars comfortably saw off Prison Key Boys with a 27-14 victory while Lagos Seasiders defeated Plateau Vipers 25-22.

Mudashiru Abdumajeed of De Defenders and Hope Sunday of Plateau Peacocks were voted as Most Valuable Players of the the day for the male and women league respectively.

Day 4

De Defenders 28-27 Sokoto Rima
Imo Grasshopper 32-16 Desert Queens
Niger United 47-29 Owena Kings
Safety Shooters 39-26 Borno Spiders
COAS Shooters 29-28 Kada STars
Plateau Peacocks 26-20 Seasiders Babes
Kano Pillars 27-14 Prison Key Boys
Safety Babes 34-17 Owena QUeens
Kada Queens 36-23 Abia Valiants
Edo Dynamos 29-28 Defenders Babes

DESERT QUEENS--GHANA POLICE 14-29.

Day 5 Fixtures

SEASIDER BABES-EDO DYNAMOS
OWENA QUEENS-PLATEAU PEACOCKS ABIA VALIANTS-DESERT QUEENS SAFETY BABES-KADA QUEENS
KANO PILLARS-OWENA KINGS D:DEFENDERS-NIGER UNITED
SAFETY SHOOTERS-SOKOTO RIMA KADA STARS-PRISON KEY BOYS PLATEAU VIPERS-COAS SHOOTERS OWENA QUEENS-GHANA POLICE F LAGOS SEASIDERS-BORNO SPIDERS M DEFENDER BABES-IMO GRASSHOPPERS