CALABAR – The Chairman of Canaan Table Tennis Club of Calabar, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Orok Duke, has joyfully congratulated Hope Udoaka for emerging the new national female champion at the Fifth Michael and Felicia Alabi Memorial National Table Tennis Championships held in Otan Ayegbaju, Osun State.
Udoaka, in a thrilling encounter at the weekend, defeated table tennis veteran, Halima Hussain of Oyo State 4-1 (11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7) to be crowned the new female champion.
Recognising Udoaka as one of the Club’s fast rising stars, Duke lauded her zeal for hard work and excellence in the sport, which he attributed to the successes recorded in several competitions.
He thanked the Governor of Cross River, Senator Bassey Otu, for the passionate support of table tennis in the state.
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Duke said that Canaan Table Tennis Club is at the forefront of grooming a new generation of table tennis stars, whose skills and talents hold the future of the sport in the state.
He expressed the hope that Table Tennis would make Cross River proud by winning gold medals in the upcoming National Sports Festival that would take place this year in Ogun state.