Unbeaten Kano Pillars, Safety Babes win 2022 Premier League

Kano Pillars and Safety Babes have emerged champions of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League 2022 which was concluded in Lagos on Wednesday. Kano Pillars, who played out a 21-21 draw with Safety Shooters on the final day retained the title they won in 2021 with an unbeaten record at the University of Lagos Sports […]

Kano Pillars and Safety Babes have emerged champions of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League 2022 which was concluded in Lagos on Wednesday.

Kano Pillars, who played out a 21-21 draw with Safety Shooters on the final day retained the title they won in 2021 with an unbeaten record at the University of Lagos Sports center.

But right from the start of the competition, the defending champions proved to be a hard nut to crack as they gained strings of winnings which climaxed with a draw in their last game against Safety Shooters.

Pillars, who played 24 matches in all, won 23 matches and earned a draw of 21 goals each in the last encounter against Safety Shooters.

Safety Shooters also came second in the women category, after that draw with Kano Pillars while Niger United came third after defeating Rima Strikers 23-24 thereby confirming the Caliphate team to 4th on the table.

Owena Kings have been relegated to the National Division One League after they played out a pulsating 32-32 draw with Tojemarine Academy who came 6th while Police Machine escaped relegation after they defeated Benue Buffaloes 28-25.

In the Women’s Category, Safety Babes retained their title despite losing 25-22 to city rival (Abuja Derby), Defenders Babes placed second while debutantes Rima Queens came third after defeating sixth place Bendel Dynamos 31-29.

The winners in the male and female category got 1.25 million naira, the second runner up received one million while the third placed teams got 750,000 naira each.