Tuesday 25th September, 2018
By
Stephen Appiah, GNA
Accra, Sept. 25, GNA – The Ghana Tennis
Federation (GTF), has called on the government and corporate bodies, to support
the GTF National Ranking Tournament.
The tournament, which began on September 24,
is aimed at assessing players for national ranking.
Mr. Abubakar Yakubu, a GTF umpire, who is also
in charge of organisation of the tournament,
By
Stephen Appiah, GNA
Accra, Sept. 25, GNA – The Ghana Tennis
Federation (GTF), has called on the government and corporate bodies, to support
the GTF National Ranking Tournament.
The tournament, which began on September 24,
is aimed at assessing players for national ranking.
Mr. Abubakar Yakubu, a GTF umpire, who is also
in charge of organisation of the tournament, told the GNA Sports that,
“this tournament started five years ago, but we are still finding it
difficult to get sponsors”.
He said, they only had donation of balls and
some funds for the officials of the tournament.
According to Mr, Yakubu, there was no
financial motivation such as prize money for players, adding that, the players
are only playing national ranking’’.
Mr. Abubakar said, the tournament was also
aimed keeping players fit, ahead of national and international competitions.
The GTF National Ranking Tournament is held
six times each year, at a two month interval.
GNA