GEORGE Iga and Paul Mutambuze, who dominated table tennis in the eighties, came back to dominate the national open table tennis championship on Sunday.
By Norman Katende
Champions Men George Iga By Norman Katende
Champions Men George Iga Women Rita Nekesa Girls Amina Kibone Boys Ellias Mwanje Cadet Boys Ronald Mango Cadet Girls Rebecca Akitenge Boys team Mbale A Girls team: Mbale B Women and men’s titles Mbale A and MI Sports GEORGE Iga and Paul Mutambuze, who dominated table tennis in the eighties, came back to dominate the national open table tennis championship on Sunday Over a decade after they featured prominently for Uganda, the veterans eliminated a hapless crop of top seeds at Aga Khan to set up a surprise final. Mutambuze (seed 7) had eliminated top seed and defending champion Kevin Mafabi in the quarter-final while Iga beat seed 2 Ivan Ssentongo in the semi-final. Yiga won a close final contest 4-3 (4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 16-14, 12-10, 7-11 and 11-9). “Table tennis is a game of the brains. It’s a game of spins and strokes and not power and vigour,†Iga explained. In the women’s event dominated by teenagers from Mbale Tigers, top seed Amina Kibone was eliminated by seed 5 Regina Nakibule in the quarter-finals. Nakibule later lost to Rita Nekesa 3-0 in the final of the event sponsored by Phoenix Logistics and Fotogenix. Uganda Table Tennis Association chairman Tom Kiggundu called for more sponsors in the sport.Women Rita Nekesa Girls Amina Kibone Boys Ellias Mwanje Cadet Boys Ronald Mango Cadet Girls Rebecca Akitenge Boys team Mbale A Girls team: Mbale B Women and men’s titles Mbale A and MI Sports
GEORGE Iga and Paul Mutambuze, who dominated table tennis in the eighties, came back to dominate the national open table tennis championship on Sunday.
Over a decade after they featured prominently for Uganda, the veterans eliminated a hapless crop of top seeds at Aga Khan to set up a surprise final.
Mutambuze (seed 7) had eliminated top seed and defending champion Kevin Mafabi in the quarter-final while Iga beat seed 2 Ivan Ssentongo in the semi-final. Yiga won a close final contest 4-3 (4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 16-14, 12-10, 7-11 and 11-9).
“Table tennis is a game of the brains. It’s a game of spins and strokes and not power and vigour,†Iga explained.
In the women’s event dominated by teenagers from Mbale Tigers, top seed Amina Kibone was eliminated by seed 5 Regina Nakibule in the quarter-finals. Nakibule later lost to Rita Nekesa 3-0 in the final of the event sponsored by Phoenix Logistics and Fotogenix.
Uganda Table Tennis Association chairman Tom Kiggundu called for more sponsors in the sport.