Nakibule triumphs over Kibone in Meru Open
REGINA Nakibule added a second title to her accolades when she won the Meru Table Tennis Open over the weekend.
By Norman Katende
Finals
Men
Matata (Nbi) bt Mutete (3-2
Women
Nakibule bt Kibone 3-2
Team: Tigers bt Nairobi 3-0
REGINA Nakibule added a second title to her accolades when she won the Meru Table Tennis Open over the weekend.
The Mbale Tigers star, winner of the Sharing Open, fought hard to beat Commonwealth Games representative Amina Kibone, in an all-Uganda final.
Nakibule won the first game 11-2, lost the second 6-11 before making it 2-1 with 11-9 hard fought win.
Kibone fought back forcing a tie-breaker in the fourth game but Nakibule held her nerve to take the decisive 11-6.
Tigers Jude Mutetet lost to Nairobi’s Paska Matata 3-2 in the men’s final. Tigers’ Kibone, Nakibule and Amina Namaganda beat Nairobi’s team of Wanja Nyole, Sarah Meish and Milka Malije to the women team title.
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Finals
Men
Matata (Nbi) bt Mutete (3-2
Women
Nakibule bt Kibone 3-2
Team: Tigers bt Nairobi 3-0
REGINA Nakibule added a second title to her accolades when she won the Meru Table Tennis Open over the weekend.
The Mbale Tigers star, winner of the Sharing Open, fought hard to beat Commonwealth Games representative Amina Kibone, in an all-Uganda final.
Nakibule won the first game 11-2, lost the second 6-11 before making it 2-1 with 11-9 hard fought win.
Kibone fought back forcing a tie-breaker in the fourth game but Nakibule held her nerve to take the decisive 11-6.
Tigers Jude Mutetet lost to Nairobi’s Paska Matata 3-2 in the men’s final. Tigers’ Kibone, Nakibule and Amina Namaganda beat Nairobi’s team of Wanja Nyole, Sarah Meish and Milka Malije to the women team title.
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