Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League underway
The first round matches of this year’s Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League took off on June 24 at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium.
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The matches, which attracted many fans saw some media houses also engaging each other, as part of the curtain raisers to the keenly contested tennis league.
League leaders, Tesano Spinners who have 48 points consolidated their position as champions of round one with an emphatic win over Navy (3-0) and Kings Royal Academy (3-1), while defending champions, Immigration, came home victors, after trouncing third placed SmartLine@Emefs 3-1 in a pulsating encounter.
Purpose of matches
The competition is aimed at offering an opportunity to the media to understand and appreciate the game to help enhance their reportage .
The media curtain raisers finally gave way to the first round matches, which saw Immigration taking on SmartLine@Emefs ina top of the table clash.
In other final first round matches played last Saturday, Kings Royal Academy beat Ashaiman Club 1-0, Police defeated Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA), 3-0, Loopers whitewashed Madina Stars 3-0 and Ashanti Otumfuo Stars beat Team Baboo 3-2.
In other matches, Western Table Tennis Club beat Synergy 3-0 and Team Coach Addo lost 2-3 to Fire Service.
In the second matches of the day, Immigration beat Police 3-1, Synergy lost 0-3 to SmartLine@Emefs, Fire beat Madina Stars 3-1 and Looper drew 3-3 with Team Baboo.
The rest of the matches saw Kings Royal Academy being thrashed 3-1 by Spinners and Team Coach Addo losing 2-3 to Western Table Tennis Club.
In the women’s division, Navy beat Madina Stars 3-0, Ashanti Otumfuo Stars lost 2-3 to Western Table Tennis Club, Army beat Immigration 3-2, Police lost 2-3 against Team Coach Addo and Spinners beat GRA 3-0.
The second round of matches is now scheduled to take place on July 8 at the same venue —GB