Concord Times (Freetown)
16 May 2011
Freetown — A German citizen of Sierra Leonean origin Theodore Benson Nicol has been crowned Club Champion in the just concluded Club Championship in Darmstadt, Germany.
Nicol, who plays for SG grün Weiß Darmstadt which was founded in 1921, put up an outstanding performance throughout the tournament to overpower other players. Nicol said hard training was the secret to his success. “I won the title in 2004, and in 2003 and 2005 I was runner up.
“I have been playing for this club for 8 years now and being respected by friends and colleagues of the game, and moreover, when one is in the position to deliver the goods then it’s not a coincidence for being highly respected,” he said.
According to Nicol, the club will turn 90 years and this year they are hoping to host more sporting events.
“On the 21st of May we will be hosting an all open tourney which will attract many people living in Darmstadt and its environs. I again poised to do my best in this tournament. My sole aim this time is not to capture the title, but to see how best I could measure up with other guys coming from other clubs to participate,” he said.
The just concluded club championship is an annual event which attracts all table tennis lovers and sportsmen in Germany.
Theodore Nicol has been playing table tennis for over twelve years in Freetown, playing for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and also the Sierra Leone Table Tennis Association.
He played alongside the association’s current president, Fawzi Hassan and also Arnold Snell and Sugar Ray now in the diaspora.
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