The third Rotary Club Sports Festival, Rosfest ‘26, ended on Sunday with organisers describing the event as a success in promoting unity, healthy living, and community service through sports.
District
Governor of Rotary Club District 9112, Rotarian Lanre Adedoyin, said the
festival demonstrated sport’s power to unite people regardless of their
differences.
“For
us, sports is a unifier and globally for all nationalities regardless of their
differences. In our country, you will note that anytime there is a sports
event, we are all united in ensuring the victory of our country,” Adedoyin said.
“For
us, it is an event we will continue to hold annually so we can bring people
together and reconnect with more Rotarians in our various communities who want
to know what we do.”
The
festival, held in Lagos, featured 14 sporting events, including scrabble,
chess, snooker, draughts, ayo olopon, athletics, tug-of-war, volleyball, table
tennis, and football.
Rotary
Club Victoria Island East emerged as champions in football, while Rotary Club
Shomolu won the tug-of-war competition. Revolution Lagos claimed the volleyball
title, with Rotary Club Gbagada finishing as runners-up.
In
scrabble, Femi Awopetu of Rotary Club Shomolu won gold in the men’s category,
while Chinwe Anyanwu of Rotary Club Lekki Novare took the women’s title.
Peter
Akpan of Rotary Club Victoria Island East clinched gold in chess, with Johnson
Alabi of Rotary Club Shomolu winning the snooker competition.
Ikoyi
Metro Rotary Club won the 4×4 relay race, while Faith Godwin of Rotary Club
Ikoyi and Arinze Achume of Rotary Club Ikoyi Metro won gold in the women’s and
men’s 100 metres dash, respectively.
Chairman
of the organising committee, Rotarian Alozie Nsirimobi, said the festival was
instituted to help Rotarians monitor their health and drive unity.
“This
was instituted to help Rotarians initially monitor their health, as Rotarians
who are busy helping communities and others don’t have time to take care of
themselves, so we used this for them to have time to exercise and look after
themselves. Secondly, so we can also have fun and relax among ourselves,”
Nsirimobi said.
“Another
very important part is to drive unity as a whole. We believe that sports is one
thing that unites us, and we want to drive the message of peace and unity. The
theme of the tournament is ‘Sports for service’, we are using sports to serve
humanity.”
Rotarian
Lukman Olusesi, captain of X-Riders Cycling club, Ijebu Ode, said his team had
an exciting time at the festival.
“We
are happy we were able to make this journey; we have had an exciting time at
this Rotary Festival after missing the last one. Rotary is all about making the
world a better place, and we are doing that with cycling. The theme is ‘Riding
for Unity’, and we showcased this in the communities,” Olusesi stated.
Since
its inception in 2023/2024, Rosfest has grown in bounds, with the vision to
encourage healthy living in the Rotary world and beyond through sports.
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