For four days, players from Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire competed in the tournament.
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Bello told the News Agency of Nigeria that the six players were picked from the junior categories of the competition holding at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
How did you meet Aruna Quadri?
I met Aruna at the Abeokuta 2006 National Sports Festival. I was Chairman of Lagos State Table Tennis Association then. It was a festival which allowed professional athletes compete and in the table tennis event, the legend himself, Segun Toriola, was captaining a star filled Ogun State team, including Bode Kayode, Lanre Aremu and Kazeem Makanjuola, who had been members of the Lagos team, but decamped to the host state, Ogun. Having lost many players, we took a young team made up of secondary school students from Lagos to gain experience. But the cynosure of all eyes was the very young mostly unknown boys’ team from Oyo State. They had a fantastic Coach and played with such skill and determination but lost the men’s finals narrowly with Toriola’s experience coming to the fore. Aruna Quadri was one of the young boys and I introduced myself to them and started inviting them to Lagos to play in tournaments and train with our Coaches.
Eden told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos that he observed that the players lacked confidence to compete with their foreign counters which affected their performances in the tournament.
According to breakdown of the prize money, the qualifying round would gulp N.5 million, with players expected to win cash prize each day of the competition.
The NTTF National Coach, Nasiru Bello, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that training was ongoing for the championships scheduled from July 28 to August 5 in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ajetunmobi, born on October10, 1985, died on Thursday in Lagos as a result of gas explosion.
The Executive Committee of the world table tennis ruling body in a letter signed by ITTF Secretary General, Raul Calin, named Oshodi, who is a two-time winner of the Administrator of the Year award at the annual Nigerian Sports Award, as the head of the eight-man committee, which is a key standing committee of ITTF.
Tikon told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday that “anything can happen in table tennis.
Tikon told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the 29-year-old player, ranked number one in Africa, was preparing hard for the tournament scheduled from October 20 to 22 in Liege, Belgium.
It’s the funding to continue to expose them to the best coaching better tournaments and of course to keep them equipped. We must continue to try and find the money to get them playing on the junior professional tour
However, the team will be relying on the financial support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in its quest to be part of the championship as the NTTF has made a formal request for the trip
The players, who are expected to depart for Tunisia this weekend for the championship, said their dream of making it to the top in Africa may be threatened if they fail to be part of the championship, which serves as qualifiers for the World Junior Championship and 2018 YOG in Argentina
He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos, that he had lost hope after losing the first three sets, adding that determination kept him going
The boys’ team will be led by national junior champion, Amadi Omeh, as well as Azeez Solanke, Tobi Falana and Rilwan Akanbi, while the girls’ team will be spearheaded by national junior sensation, Tosin Esther Oribamise
The scribe however said that the draws for the team event holds on November 14, while the championship serves off on Tuesday as teams are expected to be arriving from their various bases this weekend
Twenty players invited to camp were accommodated and fed by the federation to allow the players to concentrate during the training exercise conducted by the seven-time Olympian
The tournament, according to Africa Table Tennis Federation, serves as qualifiers for this year’s World Championship scheduled for April in China