Great FC defeated Spurs FC 2-0 to emerge champions of the Real estate firm, BigHomes football tournament held over the weekend at the Jabi Lake Park, in Abuja.
The tournament tagged “BigHomes Super 4” saw the Great FC overcome other clubs Spurs FC, Karmo FC and Flame FC to lift the title in grand style as cash prizes were given out to the winner and all participants.
Speaking with newsmen, the Managing director of BigHomes, Topsy Essien, said the football tournament was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to assist clubs in this period of COVID -19 pandemic.
According to him, “Many organisations, individuals have been locked down for a long time due to COVID-19. Especially young players that are due to travel out, and even those who got visas before the COVID have been stuck. We need to reach out and support them in these hard times as football is their main source of income.”
On her part, marketing manager, Bertha Kingsley, said that the aim is to bring people together to socialise, adding that the tournament by next edition will go beyond football to include other sports as well as other talents hunt competitions.”
