2019 Rainoil Tennis Open Holds Nov. 29 – Dec. 8 in Lagos News

Navigation: Home / News / Tennis / 2019 Rainoil Tennis Open Holds Nov. 29 – Dec. 8 in Lagos

2019 Rainoil Tennis Open Holds Nov. 29 – Dec. 8 in Lagos

By Daily Sports on November 27, 2019

Rainoil Limited in partnership with the Nigerian Tennis Federation (NTF) will begin its 2019 Rainoil Tennis Open Tournament from November 29 to December 8, 2019 at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos.

The tournament will feature the 64 men and top 32 women that will begin their campaign from the qualifying draws and another 64 men and 32 women from the main draw. The open nature of the competition ensures that we partner with the Nigerian Tennis Federation (NTF) who supplied us with the player rankings. The Rainoil Tennis Open is an NTF-sanctioned competition and participating players will also earn ranking point.

According to the Group, Executive Director of Rainoil Limited, Mrs. Godrey Ogbechie, “Rainoil has been sponsoring tennis for over 10 years now with the Rainoil Tennis Open and this competition is our contribution to both youth and sports development using tennis as the platform. The competition brings members together in a friendly atmosphere and gives them the opportunity to gain bragging rights and improve on their rankings.”

The finals for the men and women’s teams will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2019 with winners in the male and female categories going home with a total grand prize of over N5,000,000.

Also speaking during the press conference, Board Member of the Nigerian Tennis Federation, Mrs. Funmi Adako, expressed a profound appreciation to Rainoil Limited for choosing to sponsor tennis tournament.

She described the initiative as a very commendable one as it has a great chance of helping the youths discover themselves and be creative in their approach to sports.

She also urged the participants to make good use of the opportunity noting that she is convinced it would have great impact in their lives.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the Sports Secretary Lagos Country Club Mr. Segun Aluko thanked the Rainoil for sponsoring 2019 Rainoil Tennis Open tennis tournament being hosted by Lagos Country Club (LCC).

According to him, “We are the foremost family club in Nigeria and are proud to host the only clay-court tournament in 2019. LCC Tennis has the largest number of junior players when compared to any other recreational club in Nigeria and this tournament provides a great platform for the continued development of tennis in Nigeria.”

•PHOTO: L-R; Vice President, Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Mr. Igbo Okor; Group Executive director Rainoil Ltd., Mrs. Godrey Ogbechie; Board Member of the Nigerian Tennis Federation, Mrs. Funmi Adako; and Head, Strategy and Business Development Rainoil Ltd., Mr Emanuel Omuojine during a press conference on the forthcoming Rainoil tennis tournament held at Lagos Country Club

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 27, 2019