The Vice President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Dr Adesoji Tayo has disclosed that the annual Michael and Felicia Memorial Table Tennis tournament in Osun would be enlisted and upgraded as a national competition from 2023.
He disclosed this during the final of the second edition of the competition held at Otan-Ayegbaju where 250 table tennis players from 17 states competed for trophies and other prizes including cash.
Fire razes property worth over N18m in Kano
Lagos PDP congress: Aggrieved members take protest to Abuja
In the men’s singles finals, Omeh Amadi from Ondo State defeated Solanka Azeez of Delta State to emerge winner while Esther Tosin Oribamise from Delta State defeated Hussain Alimat from Oyo State to emerge the winner in the women’s finals.
While the winners took home trophy and cash prize of N125,000, the runners up received N100,000 just as each of the 250 players received cash prizes for participating in the tournament.
The competition is sponsored by Chairman of Osun State Table Tennis Association, Ayo Alabi, as part of initiatives to encourage youths to develop interest in sports and shun criminal activities.
Alabi also said raw talents in table tennis discovered from the competition would be nurtured to international level.
