Third edition of Champion Bowl Ghana ends in style

The third edition of Champion bowl Championship ended this weekend at the Accra Sports Stadium Tennis Court with Caleb Ayitey winning the under 12, Desmond Ayaaba also winning the 14, Reginald Okantey toping in the under 16, and also Johnson Acquah wining the under 18 category. Helena Hammond won the ladies event.

Winners in the various age categories displayed whizzo performance.

The competition, organized by Zion Management Africa Limited (ZMAL), targeted children between the ages of nine and 16 years in a bid to revive the sport and also select young talents to represent the nation at the Champion Bowl World Championship from October 18 to 25 in Croatia.

The tournament drew participants from Osu, Kaneshie, Adabraka, Sakumono and Tema.

In all, about 60 children participated in the singles Under 12 Under-14, Under-16, and Under-18 boys and girls categories.

Winners, runners-up and semi-finalists were presented with trophies and souvenirs from sponsors.

The CEO of ZMAL, Mr. David Derhnick-Coffie, in a speech said: “Tennis, like other sports in the country, has the strength of uniting people from different backgrounds and it is for this reason that we seek to use the Champion Bowl Tennis Tournaments to restore juvenile tennis in Ghana”.

Mr Joshua Mensah Director of the National Sports, thanked the organizers for the initiative, saying that the country has very talented young tennis players, hence the need for more of such competitions to unearth them.

He took the opportunity to appeal to corporate Ghana to help tennis by providing support for such organizations when they come knocking on their doors.


The awards in display

This year’s Champion Bowl Championship was supported SicLife Company Ltd, Indomie Gh., Melcom Group of Companies, Ocean Spring mineral Water and, Innolink Ghana as well as exercise books for winners and participants.


Richmond Armmah was superb in the U-18 final


U-18 winner Johnson Acquah suspends in the air


Simon Ikott receives his award after placing 3rd in the U-12 category


Reginald Okantey won the U-16 category