Sports Reporter
26 February 2005
ABOUT 80 players from more than 10 schools have confirmed participation in today's Penguin Pharmaceuticals-sponsored Midlands Schools Table Tennis championships.
The championships scheduled for the University of Zambia (UNZA) sports hall will be played in four categories namely, the under-14, under-16, under-18 and losers plate for both boys and girls, will see pupils from schools around the Midlands region jostling for honours that include three floating trophies and several individual shields.
Zambia Table Tennis Association (ZTTA) tournament coordinator, Boyd Kabinda said over 10 schools with more than 80 pupils would stake their prowess to see who scoops the Penguin Pharmaceuticals sponsored championships.
Kabinda said the tournament will be played on a knock-out basis that will see best losers in the age-categories fighting for consolation prizes in the plates category.
And during the donation of the prizes, Penguin Pharmaceuticals director Yusuf Ganghat said the sponsorship is part of the company's objective to plough back something into the community, saying that the gesture would help youths refrain from immoral vices and instead concentrate on sports activities.
Kabinda also urged other business houses to emulate Ganghat's gesture by making similar donations to sports organisations.
In the under-14 boys category, George Mulanda of N'gombe PTA school will be on hand to defend the crown he won last year, while his counterpart, Regina Mbewe will also try to make sure that the silverware remains at their school.
In the under-16 championship it will be a N'gombe PTA school affair, with champion Joseph Zulu in the boys category, while Katie Phiri holds the girls mantle.
In the under-18 category, Isaac Banda of Munali Boys, will be defending the championship he won last year, with Dorothy N'guni of N'gombe PTA doing the same in the girls category.
Notable schools that have confirmed participation include the likes of N'gombe PTA, Rhodes Park, Namununga, N'gombe Basic, Aisha, Munali Boys and Girls, Leopards Hill and LICEF.
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