Bayelsa Queens Emerges as NWFL Super 6 Champions
Bayelsa Queens emerged the 2021/2022 NWFL Premiership Super 6 champions with a resounding 2-1 win against Nasarawa Amazons in the last match of the season’s prime event decided on Sunday at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State.
Gift Monday’s first half brace in the 25th seconds and 25th minute proved decisive to hand the four-time champions the coveted trophy and the championship top cash prize of Five Million Naira (N5m) while Basirat Amoo scored the consolation for the Lafia side in the 16th minute of the contested match day 5 clash. Monday’s 25 seconds goal was recorded as the fastest goal of the 2021/2022 NWFL Premiership Super 6 championship.
As first runners-up, the two-time champions, Nasarawa Amazons received the championship cash prize of Three Million Naira (N3m) while the second runners-up and now dethroned champions; Rivers Angels received Two Million Naira (N2m).
The Bayelsa Queens performances at the annual NWFL prized football fiesta confer on them as Nigerian champions as well as the nation’s representatives for the sub-regional WAFU Zone B playoff for the second edition of CAF Women’s Champions League.
Bayelsa Queens aside being the newest champions, had the players claim all the individual awards in the championship.
Loan player and FC Robo Queens deadly finisher, Gift Monday won the NWFL Premiership Super 6 Highest Goal Scorer (HGS) award with 12-goal, Most Valuable Player (MVP) as well as the Woman of the Match (WOTM) in the last day clash against Nasarawa Amazons. Bayelsa Queens’ Cameroonian goalkeeper, Gabrielle Ange Bawou won the championship goalkeeper of the season award.
The Bayelsa Queens’ got a total of 15 points having won all the five matches against challengers, Nasarawa Amazons, Rivers Angels, Delta Queens, Edo Queens and newcomers, Naija Ratels.
However, Naija Ratels lost all the whole five matches and had the reprehensible record of not scoring a goal in the championship.
All the six participating teams in the Tulcan Energy sponsored NWFL Premiership Super 6 received One Million Naira each from the league body, NWFL.