…Honours Rev. Esther Ajayi, Confers Her As Life Matron
The English International Super Cup champions, Buruj Sports Academy on Sunday visited Reverend Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi in Clapham North, London and enjoined her to be the Life Matron which she acknowledged with the guarantee to support activities of the Lagos based foundation.
Buruj Academy presented Reverend Ajayi who is the Founder of Love of Christ Generation Church this honour by Chief Executive of the academy, Dr Salaudeen Waheed as preparation for the 10th years anniversary of the foundation started.
Reverend Ajayi who had before hosted the team after their success in Manchester commended the academy for representing Nigeria extremely well in the United Kingdom.
She rewarded the team for winning the English International Super Cup.
“Football is a very good platform to empower young people and keep them away from crimes. We will continue to support you and make sure we bring more youth out for them to showcase their talents. On behalf of the church, I thanked you for this honour and I implore other well meaning individuals to help the academy that is progressing and helping the less privilege”. She said.
It will be recall that Buruj Sports Academy defeated Worth Park Boys Football Academy one zero in the final to lift the trophy. They beat Pro Soccer Academy from London 3-1 in their opening game and followed it up with another 4-0 bashing of New Saints Academy from Cardiff, Wales. They lost to Future Elevens Academy 2-0 but bounced back to win their last group B game against Elite Soccer Academy from the United States of America 1-0 before their emphatic 3-1 win agains Pro Soccer Academy Team B in the semi-final.
Following their remarkable feat of winning the English International Super Cup, three of the academy players were admitted on trials at Fulham Football Club.
The players; Noah Salaudeen, Azeez Oseni and Abubakar Abdulsalam were lucky to earn a chance to impress coaches of the English championship side and the trio wowed handlers at the Fulham Football Club training round over the weekend.
