Ghana wins bronze medal at African Juniors and Cadet Championship

Accra, April 22, GNA - Ghana won a bronze medal at the just

ended African Juniors and Cadets Table Tennis Championship held

in Cairo, Egypt from 13th-17th April, 2009.

The medal was won by the cadet boys team event category

consisted of Samuel Akayade and Emmanuel Asante all from

Koforidua Secondary Technical School.

A statement signed by Kwame Amponfi Junior, General

Secretary of the Ghana Table Tennis Association, (GTTA) copied

to GNA Sports said the award winners which included the current

National Champion, Felix Lartey also gave a good account of

themselves by beating top ranked players in Africa to push Ghana's

Africa ranking from 9th to 7th out of 45 Table Tennis teams in

Africa. The General Secretary said the Cadet Girls team also emerged

sixth at the tourney competed by 14 countries. Amponfi Jnr explained that in the Juniors Singles African ranking

as at 6th April 2009, Ghana's current National Junior Boys

Champion, Felix Lartey of GIS ranks seventh whilst Comfort Adjoa

Ampah of Winneba Zion Senior High and Cynthia Kwabi of GIS

placed 17th and 18th respectively in Africa. In the Cadet Singles African ranking, Ghana's current Cadet

Champion Samuel Akayade of Koforidua Sec. Tech ranks fourth

while Dorothy Oboubi also of Winneba Zion Senior High School is

ranked 15th. Ghana's team to the Championship comprised Ebo Bartels the

GTTA Chairman, Kwame Amponfi Jnr,- Team Manager and

Secretary General of GTTA as well as Anthony Owusu-Ansah, the

GTTA Head Coach and Sports Council Regional Coach for Eastern

Region. The players are Abrefa Derek Tawiah, Lartey Felix, Kwabi

Cynthia all Junior Players from GIS, Accra; Philip Mensah-Junior

Player from Kwanyako Sec Tech, Akayade Samuel, Asante

Emmanuel and Gloria Asafo-Adjei, all Cadet Players from

Koforidua Sec Tech; Davies Isaac of Cape Coast Catholic Jubilee

School; Darbah Michael from Winneba A.M.E ZION Junior High

School and Oboubi Dorothy of Winneba A.M.E Zion Senior High

School.