 Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 15 Feb 2012 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 15 Feb 2012 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
Date: 15 Feb 2012 |  Photographer: Amine Ben Makhlouf
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| 15 Feb 2012 - Lomé, Togo - Amine Ben Makhlouf | |
| Ghana claims team trophy in Togo |
Victories from Elizabeth Kapari, Isaac Nortey and Emmanuel Plange helped Ghana to win the team trophy at the ITF/CAT West & Central African Junior Championships. Nigeria finished second and Cameroon were third of the 12 countries to participate in the week-long competition which took place in Lomé, Togo.
In the girls 16 & under event Kapari defeated Sarah Adegoke (NGR) 62 64, Nortey overcame Michael Michael (NGR) 62 57 62 in the boys 14 & under final and Plange triumphed over Timi Godsgift (NGR) in the boys 12 & under with a 57 75 [106] victory.
The girls 14 & under competition was awarded to Nigeria’s Zainab Oladimedji after she overcame Marie-Ange Sia (CIV) 62 62 while Paula Mabrey (CMR) won the girls 12 & under round-robin competition. The boys 16 & under competition was dominated by William Bushamuka (COD), who trains at the ITF/CAT/FST Training Centre in Dakar, Senegal, defeating Abdoul Karim Ouattara (CIV) 64 36 64.
The top six players in each age group plus one ITF/CAT wildcard will qualify for the 35th ITF/CAT African Junior Championships to be held from 4-14 April in Cairo, Egypt.
Marcel Hyannot, Vice President of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Tennis, said: “I would like to thank the Fédération Togolaise de Tennis for their great hospitality and professional approach to organising this event in such a short time. Atafeitom Tagba is doing great job in terms of tennis development in the region. Congratulations to all the qualified players; we wish them much success in the AJC.”
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