Teenage sensations Okiki Ogunshakin and Pleasure Emmanuel have been topped champions at this yr's Lagos State Desk Tennis Affiliation Junior Championships titled Elicris Desk Tennis Cup.
The preliminary spherical was hosted on the Indoor Sports activities Corridor of the Nationwide Desk Tennis Federation Corridor, Surulere, the place 84 gamers engaged in a fierce however wholesome competitors between the junior and cadet gamers from varied golf equipment in Lagos State.
The preliminaries began on December 14 and there have been 24 junior boys, 16 junior ladies, 32 cadet boys and 12 cadet ladies in attendance.
On the grand closing, Ogunshakin and Emmanuel dethroned defending champions Tobi Adebakin and Aishat Rabiu respectively to emerge as the brand new girls and boys champions.
Abdulsalam Lateef and Faiza Musbau claimed the cadet titles on the expense of Habeeb Adebayo and Testimony Adegbola respectively.
Ogunshakin described his victory as a reward for laborious work because it was his first closing in a significant competitors.
“I'm so excited to have claimed the title in my first closing. I have to admit that it was not a straightforward victory, as a result of my opponent, the defending champion, was not a straightforward nut to crack. However I'm glad my technique labored nicely towards him and I hope I can preserve the momentum going into 2024,” mentioned the teenager.
Chairman of the Lagos State Desk Tennis Affiliation, Tunji Lawal, recommended the sponsors for his or her help to the affiliation, and appealed to extra company our bodies to assist the affiliation in its quest to interact youths.
“We’re very grateful to the administration of Elicris for preserving our belief in organizing this yr's version and the result brings new faces to the fore. This reveals that we’re working laborious to find new skills and we imagine that 2024 might be extra thrilling for the gamers as we attraction to well-meaning people and businesses to return to assistance from the affiliation by sponsoring matches,” mentioned Lawal.