Moscalino and Ozone emerged as champions of the Lagos State Table Tennis League concluded at the National Stadium, Surulere, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
A total of 28 teams registered for the championships with four of them making it to the grand finale with Moscalino’s men team lifting the trophy defeating High Endurology 3-0 in a one-sided final match that ended in favour Moscalino.
In the women’s final, Ozone showed their superiority over Banana Royal Peace with a convincing 3-0 win to lift the coveted trophy.
Captain of the victorious Ozone team Bisloa Asaju, commended LSSTTA for putting up a fantastic table tennis league.
“We are so excited for winning the league. We have been playing since last month and we thank God that we were able to complete it and won the finals. We want to thank the Lagos State Table Tennis Association for putting the league together. It was a very successful championship,” she said.
Etim Orok of Moscalino TTC said, “I’m excited to come to Lagos to play with my team here and win the first Lagos State Table Tennis League.”
“The whole thing culminated in this great finals and as we could see, it was something that is of high and international standard. I can assure that we will do more of this next year with the support of more sponsors. We will definitely put together another championship of which the date will be confirmed but we need sponsors to make it bigger and better especially if we have a name tied to the league. So we are imploring companies to join this and help the development of table tennis in Lagos and Nigeria.”
An excited chairman of the LSTTA Tunji Lawal described the tournament as successful despite the challenges.
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