Nigeria’s former international and celebrated sports columnist, Chief Segun Odegbami (MON), leads other pen pushers to the second media tennis exhibition of the Lagos Governor’s Tennis Cup Championship scheduled to hold on Saturday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos.
It would be recalled that the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Mr. Fred Edoreh, won the inaugural event last year.
According to the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2016 Lagos Governor’s Tennis Cup Championship, arrangements had made towards making the exhibition tennis a huge success.
The media tennis event, according to the Tournament Director of the 2016 Lagos Governor’s Tennis Cup, Prince Wale Oladunjoye, is to encourage journalists to play tennis as a form of recreation which also serves as a platform to promote their physical fitness.
The competition will start at 7am on Saturday, October 22, the final day of the Lagos Governor’s Tennis Cup proper, while the presentation of prizes to the winners will hold during the closing ceremonies the same day.
Other journalists listed for the tournament are broadcast sports analyst and presenter, Mr Ejiro Omonode; Chairman of Lagos SWAN, Mr Fred Edoreh; Deputy Editor (Sports), Nigerian Tribune, Mr Ganiyu Salman; Sports journalist with NAN, Mr Owolewa Olayinka; NTA Ogbomoso sports, Mr Femi Afariogun; Television and radio broadcaster, Mr Taiwo Oyeyemi, and the Editor of the Osun State-based online news outfit, Mr Kayode Oladeji.
Meanwhile, National President of SWAN, Honour Sirawoo, has promised to grace the media tennis exhibition, saying, “we have to encourage our members to keep fit at all times and this competition provides an avenue to promote healthy living.”