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Tunde Fadare wins Brand New Car At NNPC Table Tennis Championship
Christian ihwiwhu , Chinwe Igwe and Tunde fadare maintained their domination in different categories at the NNPC table tennis championship held at the table tennis section of Ikoyi club
christian ihwiwhu defeated Obi in the men’s Championship Final
In the Ladies Final Chinwe Igwe triumphed Over A. Tewogbade
Seye oki won the Veterans category
In the men’s Doubles Final the pair of
Tunde Fadare/ ITT Jimoh lost to the pair of Olajide Diya/Afeez Oduntan
Septuagenarians Final was won by
Bode Adekusibe
In the men’s Premiership Final tunde fadare out played Kehinde Lawal to win the star price of a car
The essence of the tournament was to promote table tennis in Nigeria while also popularizing the ping pong sport
Chairman table tennis section Ikoyi Club Dare Olude commended the participants for putting up a good outing while thanking the sponsors to joining forces with the section to take the sport to a desirable level in the country
” The players all gave a good account of themselves but in every competition there must be a winner. We the executives of the table tennis section are greatful to NNPC for the support given , it’s not easy to give out a car as prize in any tournament with the economical situation in the country presently .Am happy we were able to achieve this ” he said
The section has over the year been working with both the Lagos state and Nigeria table tennis federation with different aspects of support especially allowing national team players access to their world standard facilities for training