Sports News of Thursday, 19 September 2024

Source: starrfm.com.gh

Two Ghana Wheelchair Tennis Junior Players depart for an ITF Junior Tournament

The team will first participate in the ITF Johan Cryuff Africa Wheelchair Tennis Training Camp The team will first participate in the ITF Johan Cryuff Africa Wheelchair Tennis Training Camp

Two Ghana Tennis Federation wheelchair tennis junior players Emmanuel Amobire and Henry Adjapong, led by Coach Philip Plange have left the Kotoka International Airport to participate in Ghana’s first ITF international Wheelchair Tennis Juniors Tournament in Johannesburg South Africa.

The team will first participate in the ITF Johan Cryuff Africa Wheelchair Tennis Training Camp, which is scheduled for 20th to 22nd September 2024 and will have junior players from about 10 other African countries.

After the camp, the Ghanaian duo of junior players who are both aged 15 years will participate in the ITF Junior International tournament, which is slated for 23rd to 25th September 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This team is poised to make history as the first Ghanaian wheelchair tennis to participate in an ITF wheelchair tennis international tournament and is poised to make Ghana and themselves proud by making great strides in their first tournament.