2nd July, 2012
By Bimbo Ajayi
As the minutes tick away for the grand finale of the ongoing Lagos State Table Tennis League, Union Bank teams are the favourites to win the championship as they top the tables in the male and female events.
Eight men and four women’s teams are expected to compete this Thursday, the week eight and final round of the competition. At the end of matches played in the seventh week last weekend, Union Bank maintained the top spot on the table in both categories, while Union Maritime Club and Springfresh trail the bankers.
Union Bank will feature three teams in the men’s categories and two women’s event on final day, which will hold at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park, Lagos.
Union Bank Head Coach, Samson Ajayi, told P.M.Sports that his team are in great shape to win the league, adding that the teams are unstoppable at the moment.
“As far as I am concerned, Union Bank have already won the league because I can’t see any club coming to overtake us at this stage. Our male and female teams are very strong and our players are the best in the country,” he boasted.
Ajayi, a part-time coach in the camp of Team Lagos, who are preparing for the National Sports Festival billed to hold in the state later in the year, said that some Union Bank players are better than most Nigerian players who are playing in Europe.
“Some Nigerian players who are plying their trades in Europe were well beaten by my players whenever they come home on holidays. This is a proof that our players are good and well-tutored even though they are local players,” he said.