Rangers Pull Out Of Pre-Season Tournament

The management of Rangers International F.C, after due consultations with the coaching crew, has stated that the team will play no more part in the Ifeanyi Ekweme Tico/Select Preseason Tournament.
Administrative Secretary of Rangers Management Corporation, Barrister Ferdinand Ugwuarua, made this disclosure, yesterday, sitting poor organisation laced with irregular fixtures and the questionable antics of the organiser as reasons for the club’s action.
“Sincerely, it was our wish to use the tournament to test the readiness of our new players at competitive stage but the stage we have reached in our preseason program have gone past what the Tico/Select tournament holds hence our decision to pull out of it. Also, the irregular nature of the fixtures has not helped matters just as the poor organization and questionable antics of the main organiser is working at variance with the standard that our club,” said the young club administrator.
Ugwuarua further said, “This tournament has made us to miss out on playing two grade A games that were scheduled during this period and we need to be focused on our preparations for the fast approaching season. If there is marked improvement in the organisation of the tournament in the near future, we may participate but for exigency of time, we are no more taking part in this 4th edition of Tico/Select Preseason Tournament.”