John Nubari and Rebecca Ekpenyong, on the weekend in Calabar, dusted the sector to win the second Renewed Hope and Folks First Nationwide Tennis Open Championship, which featured gamers from throughout the nation.
Sponsored by fast previous Minister of Sports activities, John Owan Enoh, the competitors noticed the gamers conserving tennis fanatics on their ft on the laborious court docket of the Calabar Sports activities Membership 1898.
Nubari and Rebecca defeated Timipre Maxwell and Aliyah Valuable within the women and men’s classes, respectively, to stroll away with money prizes, presents and trophies.
Among the prime stars on the championship have been Amarachi Odoh and Aliya Valuable, who’s presently the nation’s U-16 champion.
On the finish of the competitors, Senator Enoh donated tennis tools to the Cross River Tennis Affiliation to coach younger tennis skills and arrange nationwide tournaments.
Talking on the occasion, Enoh, who’s presently the Minister of State for Business, stated. Nonetheless, he’s not Sports activities Minister, he would proceed to help the expansion and improvement of tennis and soccer in Cross River State.
He stated: “I’ll proceed to provide younger Cross Riverians, who present excellence and laborious work, the platform to excel proper to the zenith of tennis and soccer.”
He promised to extend the prize cash by way of each version of the event and challenged gamers within the state to make it to the finals.The minister additionally introduced his plan for a soccer expertise hunt throughout Cross River State early in 2025, stating that early publicity is nice for soccer skills.
He counseled Cross River State Governor, Bassey Edet Otu, for his ardour in the direction of sports activities improvement within the state, simply as he acknowledged the passion of the Sports activities Commissioner, Agnes Atsu.
He famous that Crew Cross River’s efficiency on the eighth Nationwide Youth Video games in Asaba, Delta State, confirmed nice enchancment from their earlier performances, saying that the outcomes testified to the efforts by the management of the state in sports activities improvement.
