Sports
Winners Emerge In Sovereign Trust Table Tennis Championship
Participants at the sovereign trust table tennis championship have commended the organisers for giving them a platform to recreate and keep fit
They say the tournament is one of the many competitions organized by the table tennis section of Ikoyi club to not only keep them mentally and physically active but to also help promote table tennis in.the country
In results of games played , dolapo dauda won the ladies singles category
In the Men’s singles Premiership Gbenga Fetuga triumphed , okechi ugoji dismissed his opponent to come out victorious in the Men’s singles
Oluwole soetan won the Men’s Veterans
title
The Septuagenarian top prize was won by Gbolahan Okuneye while the pair of
Olajide Diya /Gbolahan Okuneye won the Men’s double category
Chairman table tennis section Ikoyi club 1938, Dare Olude commended the sovereign trust insurance plc for bankrolling the tournament while urging them not to relent in their support in promoting the beautiful game of ping pong
Dare Olude equally praised the performance of the players explaining that they made the championship live up to expectation
” I am happy about the turn out of the championship it shows that what we are doing at the section to promote the sport with regular tournaments is yielding dividends . All participants went home with consolation prizes so it’s not a case of the winner going home alone with a prize ” he said
The table tennis section is one of the most active sections of Ikoyi club with the organisation of activities for its members monthly