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Bayelsa wins mixed doubles at National Table Tennis Champs

By Daily Sports Nigeria on May 1, 2025

Unseeded duo Samuel Boboye and Iyanuoluwa Falana, representing Bayelsa State clinched the mixed doubles title on Wednesday, at the 5th Michael and Felicia Alabi Memorial National Table Tennis Championships held in Otan Ayegbaju, Osun State.

Boboye and Falana emerged as champions in the mixed doubles event by defeating the number two seed, Abdulbasit Abdulfatai and Sukurat Aiyelabegan of Kwara State, with a score of 3-1 (11-1, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7).

The Bayelsa pair attributed their victory to focus and composure, despite facing top-seeded players, and expressed their ambition to secure more laurels for the Niger Delta team.

A major upset occurred in the U-15 boys’ singles, where the number one seed, Ayoola Usman, was eliminated by an unseeded player in the last 16 of the tournament.

Solomon Oyenekan of Lagos was the standout player of the day in the category, stunning the number one seed, Usman of Aruna Club, with a commanding 3-0 win (12-10, 11-9, 11-8) to advance to the quarter-finals.

The five-day tournament, sanctioned by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation and organised by the Osun State Table Tennis Association, attracted participants from various states including Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Taraba, Nasarawa, Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Kwara, Kogi, Ekiti, Katsina, Niger, Zamfara, and the host state, Osun.

Clubs such as Aruna Sports Club, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Police Force also competed for top honours at the N11.5m prize money championships.

As the tournament concludes on Friday, May 2, the competition for the coveted trophies and substantial prize money intensifies, with top seeds determined to maintain their dominance against unseeded challengers.

Source Punch Ng

Posted May 1, 2025