Insurance Games kick off June 10

ORGANISERS of the annual insurance industry sports competition, the Nigeria Insurance Games (NIG), have announced June 10 as kick-off date for the 2012 edition of the insurance sub-group of Corporate Nigeria Games.MediaVision made the disclosure amidst a flurry of pre-season build-up matches, as registered teams engage others from the Corporate Nigeria stable in warm-up games. According to the head of MediaVision's Events and Operations department, Jimmy Sogbesan, the University of Lagos Sports Complex remains the venue for this edition, which will feature football, table tennis and athletics.Sogbesan said that teams were being encouraged to take part in pre-season friendly matches in football, as it would contribute to their points haul, which would be released as part of the newly introduced monthly Corporate Nigeria Top 10 Rankings.'A major value-adding innovation MediaVision is bringing to the organisation of Corporate Nigeria Games this season is the monthly top-10 ranking, in which we will be scoring teams based on results from both friendly and competitive games,' he said.'This is why we have taken time to organize and encourage registered teams to be part of the pre-season activities, which will in addition boost their fitness and rate their performance ahead of the main tournaments.'Two of the teams that have taken advantage of the pre-season build-up are NEM Insurance and Cornerstone Insurance, which respective managers have been speaking on their determination to beat all comers.
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