By John Egbokhan
Royal Eagles football club have emerged champions of the Gulder 5-A-side Delta regional zone, which ended during the week in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta Zone.

For the three days that the competition held, all registered teams within the Mid-Western Region, comprising Delta, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti states, traded tackles and sized each other up at the Oleh Township stadium, Isoko, for the right to be among the lucky two who would qualify to play in the Lagos finals scheduled to hold on September 5.

At the end of the three days, it was Royal Eagles FC, a local football team from the host town that first qualified, defeating its arch rival Carry Go FC of Benin through a penalty shoot-out which ended 6-5. The two teams Royal Eagles FC and Carry Go FC now stand as the best teams standing from the zone.

They will be in Lagos for the final showdown on September 5, 2011.  Speaking shortly after the game, the Coach of Royal Eagles, Emeotu Orerome gave glory to God for making it possible for his team to win the defend the title, which they won last year.

“ We defeated all the teams here last year and went to Lagos and came third at the finals. We are on the same winning streak this year and our ‘Ultimate’ aim this year is to go to Lagos and conquer the rest of the teams from the other seven zones”Orerome declared

In his remarks, the coach of Carry Go FC of Benin Coach Jolomi Omagbemi, commended Nigerian Breweries Plc for proper organization and logistics put in place to make this year Gulder 5 Aside Football zonal elimination contest colorful.