Ghana Immigration Service produced the most scintillating performance so far in Ghana’s Table Tennis history when they destroyed fellow title contenders Ghana Revenue Authority and in-form Ghana Fire Service 3—2 respectively in National Table Tennis at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Two players namely Derek Abrefa (ranked 13th in Africa) and Emmanuel Commey (ranked 27th in Africa) played an integral role by showing class in overpowering their foes in what is still being touted as the ‘crème de la crème’ performance since table tennis started in Ghana.
Ghana Immigration service had lost two of their top players in the persons of Felix Lartey and Emmanuel Asante to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world ranking professional tournament in Nigeria and so they had to do with the pair of Derek Abrefa and Emmanuel Commey who recently won Bronze medals for Ghana at the All African Games in Brazzaville Congo in 2015.
With their opponents full of energy and ready to pick all the points at stake due to their numerical disadvantage, they drew strength and experience from the fact that they are still the best players in Ghana and delivered accordingly.
In an Interview with Sportscrusader.com, Abrefa said “he and his colleagues were preparing to embark on a training tour to China and Germany to better their careers as professional table tennis players.
They aim at becoming African champions in a few years, make Ghana a table tennis stronghold in Africa and also represent Ghana at future Olympic Games”.
He further went on to appeal to all corporate bodies, private companies, NGOs and individuals with love for the game of table tennis to come to their aid as they prepare for their professional training tour.
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