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Police Games: Zone 6, Zone 9 win gold in Taekwondo

Zones 6 and 9 Police Commands as well as the Force Headquartres on Monday registered their presence on the medals table in the ongoing National Police Games in Anambra.

At the end of the first day of hostilities, Zone 6 won gold in the male category of Team Poomsae, while Zone 2 and Zone 11 won silver and bronze medals, reflectively.

In the female category of Team Poomsae, Force Headquarters won gold, followed by Zone 2 and Zone 11, who got silver and bronze for their efforts.

Also in Poomsea event, Godtime Amanze won gold for Zone 9 in the individual male category, Christopher Asuquo also secured silver for Zone 9, while Amos Popoola won bronze for Zone 11.

In the female category also concluded, Force Headquarters went home with gold, courtesy of Betty Osado, Zone 3 went away with silver through Basirat Muritala, while Ameze Omorogiera picked bronze for Zone 5.

The heavy weight category of Kyorugi event was also concluded, with Omobobola Ajayi winning gold for Force Headquarters in the female event.

Olarewaju Adegoke won silver for Zone 11, while Zone 5 and Zone 6 shared bronze through Queen Attah and Augusta Ogbalo, respectively.

Zone 11 won gold in Light Weight male, through Olawunmi Femi, followed by Zone 2 with silver won by Kuroro Sunday, while Ifeanyi Obi and Francis Omoba shared bonze for Zone 9 and Force Headquartres.

Welter Weight gold for male was won by Kamaru Buraimoh for Force Headquartres, silver went to Zone 6 through Daniel Emmanuel, while Ajese Leke and Olukoga Mathew won bronze for Zone 11 and Zone 2, respectively.

The National Coach for Taekwondo, Peter Awodi, expressed delight that the quality of games had improved with the introduction of technology.

Awodi lauded the winners for doing their zones proud, adding that Taekwondo event would end on Monday with about 14 gold up for grabs. (NAN)

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