Navy Captain Sunday Haruna, on Saturday, at the Tukur Yusuf Buratai (TYB) Golf Course, Abuja, emerged as the overall winner of the Nigeria Military School (NMS) Ex-Boys Association Golf Tournament put together to mark the Association’s 70th anniversary tagged ‘2024 NMS @70 Golf competition’.
Haruna, handicap 8 player, rounded off the one-day golf tournament by scoring 77 gross and netted 68 to outplay others to emerge the winner in the 2024 NMS @70 Golf competition.
The competition, which was teed off by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, attracted more than 200 golfers including 50 Ex-Boys. The naval chief, who was also the special guest of honour, while commending the organisers for putting up the competition, called on corporate organisations to invest in sports especially golf which he said keeps the body fit and promotes the mental health of golfers.
“I want to first express my gratitude to the organising committee for this golf tournament. It is something that we have jointly organised to mark the 70th anniversary of our Alma Mater, Nigeria Military School (NMS). It is a school that all of us are proud of and if you ask me what is your best experience in the service, I’ll refer you to Nigeria Military School. That is where we develop the discipline, the character, the resilience and the essence of hard work within us and that is the same character that is pushing us all along.
“Sports is something that we started right from Military School and right now even in the service is still a major aspect of our training in ensuring we keep fit. We encourage other organisations to invest in sports in particular the game of golf because it has no age barrier. You can play golf from 10 years old up till even when you’re 90 years old. It is a game that will sustain you throughout your life and I’m happy to be part of this exercise today,” the CNS said.
President of the NMS Ex-Boys Association, Muhammad Baba Marte, said the Nigeria Military School has done a lot for Nigeria and will continue to support the national development in terms of security and unity of the country.
A total of twenty-nine million, six hundred and thirty thousand naira (N29,630,000) was realised during the emblem launch to round off the anniversary. Other events line up for the anniversary is a 5-aside football tournament named after the Chief of Naval Staff ‘Ogalla Cup’ and which will hold from 17th to 19th May 2024 at the Ahmed Musa Centre in Kaduna.
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