T/tennis: Team Nigeria off to China

[Mirror]

Team Nigeria will today depart Lagos aboard an Ethiopian Airline to Egypt for the African Qualifiers of the 2014 World Youth Olympic Games holding later in Nanjing, China.

The six-man team will be spearheaded by Ekiti State teenager, Tosin Oribamise, who recently qualified for the World Cadet Championship.

Ondo State's Ojo Onaolapo made it to the last eight of the maiden World Youth Olympics held in Singapore as the only African player and his performance attracted accolades from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Other members of the sixman team to be tutored by Dotun Ominiyi are Agnes Onoja, Babafemi Babatunde, Iyabo Adebayo, Ajoke Ojomu and Olasunkanmi Oginni.

Oribamise, Onoja and Babatunde will compete in the cadet event as well as in the junior event, while the trio of Adebayo, Ojomu and Oginni will compete in the junior event only.

The championship tagged 'Egypt Junior and Cadet Open' will be staged in Ismailia from Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd June 2013, being the first of a series of tournaments where players have the opportunity to stake their claim for a place in the Youth Olympic Games.

National Mirror