Two of Nigeria’s outstanding girls’s nationwide staff stars, Tochi Oluchi and Blessing Akusobi have been cited in fond reminiscences concerning the good outdated days loved by younger gamers within the feminine squad of Group Motion Via Sport (CATS), Sports247 stories.
Oluchi, who remains to be related as a back-up goalkeeper with the Tremendous Falcons, and Akusobi, a former high defender within the squad, are probably the most outstanding names present in a listing of 34 women within the pioneer CATS feminine squad that was sponsored again then by The British Council.
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The children had been in these early days (2001-2009) a part of a vibrant girls and boys youth improvement challenge that was formally often called Group Motion Via Sport (CATS), with extra help from Goals & Groups in addition to Voluntary Providers Overses (VSO).
They educated twice weekly on the erstwhile Union Financial institution Sports activities Complicated alongside Bode Thomas Avenue, Surulere; with vocational coaching on the close by Ok. Kotun Memorial School, owned by the household of their challenge director, Alhaji Agboola Dabiri.
The challenge director, who later grew to become chairman of each Surulere native authorities and Lagos State Sports activities Council in addition to commissioner for atmosphere, ensured British Council renovated the pitch of close by Authorities Faculty Lagos, situated alongside Eric Moore Street, Surulere, for added coaching days of CATS’ groups.
When the British Council ended their sponsorship of the challenge, the squad’s technical director, Coach Hyacienth Nkwocha tried to personally hold the staff going till Alhaji Dabiri determined to formally register CATS Women FC as a model identify and later enrolled them with Nigerian Girls’s Soccer League (NWFL).
Sadly, Coach Hyacienth died earlier than CATS Women may evolve into the massive outfit they’ve now turned out to be, with 4 main trophies already to their identify this 12 months alone.
Sports247 gathered that lots of the former girls and boys of the unique CATS Mission have now finalised plans to honour the reminiscence of Coach Hyacienth with a day’s soccer carnival on December 14th
Forward of the competitors, billed to carry at Legacy Pitch of the Nationwide Stadium in Surulere, CATS forner staff supervisor and administrative officer, Pastor Oscar Ezinwa Emmanuel has offered a listing of the challenge’s most outstanding feminine gamers of these memorable days.
CATS PROJECT’S PIONEER FEMALE PLAYERS
1. ABIRU SAIDAT . CATS CAPTAIN
2. OBENDE BIODUN. FINLAND 🇫🇮 BASED
3. OKORO FLORENCE . FIRST CATS CAPTAIN.
4. UKANDU CHINASA MANDY, FORMER FALCON (NOW CATS LADIES COACH )
5. OKAFOR RUTH. NATIONAL GRADE ONE REFREE
6. SESSI BEBE
7. CHUKWUEKE ANITA (JAY JAY)
8. ITUEN ANIEKAN VICTORIA
9. ANOSIKE FAVOUR CHIOMA MUOMAH 🇺🇸 USA BASE.
10. ANDERO BIDEMI. 🇬🇧 UK BASED
11. ADENIYI ABIMBOLA ( 🇺🇸 USA BASED)
12. BATILI BURAIMOH
13. ABDULLAHI AMINAT ( JO JO)
14. LAMINA ADEOLA
15. OGUNJIMI OLUWATOYIN (KEEPER)
16. AKUSOBI BLESSING.(FORMER FALCONS DEFENDER a.ok.a, ONYE ABA)
17. OLUGUNA RISIKAT
18. IFEOMA ONWUEGBUCHULAM
19. OGUNNEYE KEHINDE. ( FORMER UK 🇬🇧 BASED; NOW CATS LADIES COACH)
20. EZIRIM NNEKA MURREN (COACH BASED IN PORT-HARCOURT)
21. TITILAYO BELLO,(KEEPER, aka BIG STRONG, RELAIBLE)
22. GOMINA THERESA PASTOR MRS FINLAND BASED
23. UGWUEGBU AUGUSTINA. (Former Tremendous Falcons participant)
24. TOCHI OLUCHI( CURRENT FALCON 2ND KEEPER)
25. ASUQUO MARY EKAETE
26. ETIM COMFORT EKAETE 🇬🇧 BASED COACH
27. EDEM ESTHER.(FORMER FALCON)
28. EMOH ENO
29. CHIKA OKAFOR
30. CHINENYE ASHIEGBU (CATS LADIES COACH)
31. LUCY EMEJURU
32. SHOLA AKEREDOLU
33. ONYIYE UKAONU (FORMER FALCONS, SCORED FREE KICK AGAINST USA 🇺🇸 IN WORLD CUP)
34. PATIENCE ODIWA
