All is now set for the 2017 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) national open cum Commonwealth Games trials holding on December 11 to 16 at the National Stadium in Lagos.
According to the Assistant Secretary of NTTF, Adedayo Adeosun, athletes would compete for honours in 18 events including para athletes who will compete in eight events for men and women.
For the national open, more than N2m will at stake for prize money at the five-day tournament with sola Oyetayo and Cecilia Otu-Akpan hoping to retain the titles they won in 2016.
Less than five months to the kick-off of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, NTTF) has called up 47 players for the first phase of trials holding.
The invited players include 30 able and 17 para athletes that are expected to jostle for places in the teams to the multi-sports championships holding on April 4 to 15 in 2018.
NTTF set for national open, Commonwealth trials
