 Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 27 Jan 2009 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 27 Jan 2009 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 27 Jan 2009 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 27 Jan 2009 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 27 Jan 2009 | |
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| 27 Jan 2009 - Accra, Ghana - Amine Ben Makhlouf | |
| Nigeria claims team trophy |
Nigeria won the team trophy for the second consecutive year at the ITF/CAT West & Central African Junior Championships, thanks to victories by Samuel Omoile in the boys’ 16 & under and Umaru Balami in the boys’ 14 & under events. Eleven countries were represented in the week-long competition which took place in Accra, Ghana. The top six players per age group plus one ITF/CAT wildcard will qualify for the 32nd ITF/CAT African Junior Championships to be held on 11-15 April in Casablanca, Morocco.
Cameroon came second following Catina Gamo’s win in the girls’ 14 & under event and Celestin Nkoueleue picking up second position in the boys’ 16 & under competition. The girls’ 16 & under competition was dominated by Benin, with victory going to Stephanie Ntcha who defeated compatriot Oussou Azo Lea in the final.
Mohammed Ubale, national coach of Nigeria, said: “The level is getting stronger and stronger year after year and the competition is gaining great importance within the region with many of the West & Central African countries battling it out for the title of the West & Central African Junior Champion. In addition they all want their players among the first six in each age group to qualify for the African Junior Championships.”
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