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Tennis News of Thursday, 10 August 2017

Source: Gabriel Amoakoh

Mcdan sponsors 21 players to camp at Winneba

A group picture of the players A group picture of the players

In line with GTF's strategy to foresee a renaissance of Ghana tennis, MCDAN group is sponsoring 21 players made up of U12, U14 and U18 boys to a high performance training and competition at Winneba Sports college from 4th to the 13th of August 2017.

Four seasoned coaches-Yayha Mckorley, Fred Egyire, Doe Agyani and Bernard Ashitey Armah-led by head, Noah Bagerbaseh, will be in charge of the program.

In an interview with Dr Daniel Mckorley, he said his vision was to get Ghana tennis to the good old days where players were ranked in the top 300 in the world.

‘’We need to invest in the youth now and that is why in addition to this training, I will be organising the first ever MCDAN national Junior Championship from the 21st to 26th of August 2017 for U12, U14, U16 boys and girls, he reiterated.’’

This training will also serve as a preparation for the national U12 boys' team as they represent West Africa in the Africa Junior Teams competition from 9th to 17th of September in Morocco.

The first batch of players and coach left for Winneba on Friday 4th August 2017 to commence the 10 day high performance training.