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Tennis Players’ Parents Association President Segun Aluko Reflects On Five Years Of Achievements
The president of Nigerian Tennis Players’ Parents Association, Segun Aluko has shot his mind back to how the body started and declared emphatically that they have a lot of achievements to be proud of over the past five years.
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Speaking exclusively to Sports247 at the ITF J30 World Tennis Tour in Abuja, Mr Aluko disclosed that the body came into being in order to assist in boosting the development of tennis further in Nigeria and he is happy that they have been making a lot of progress.
He reiterated that many Nigerian parents who have children and wards playing tennis have contributed towards improving the racquet sport in the country, but further pointed out that they also have among their members some lovers of the game whose kids are not playing it.
“I came all the way from Lagos with one of my sons to have a good experience of the J30 World Tennis Tour and to represent our association of players’ parents. We are basically an association of parents whose children play tennis in Nigeria.
“We came together as a group to see how we can help stakeholders, organisers, bodies, NGOs and Nigeria Tennis Federation in seeing how we can help tp support and add value to the game.
“We always try to see how we can improve the standard of tennis in Nigeria and, interestingly, many people who are not parents of tennis players have joined us. That’s because they love what we are doing.
“People who do not have children playing tennis, but they love the game, are now part of this association, and they have been extremely resourceful in their contributions,” Aluko revealed.
He also recalled how tennis hit rock bottom some years back in Nigeria, and expressed satisfaction with how parents of players got into full steam by organising a lot of activities, which led to a record of 40 competitions within a span of five years.
“There was a time when tennis was pretty down in Nigeria, and it was very discouraging. That made some parents feel dejected and frustrated. Personally, I have three of my children playing tennis, and it was really tough to get them into competitions.
“There were no tennis activities or programmes in Nigeria because the game was down. We couldn’t complain about what was not working because that was the best we had at that time. So, we came together as parents to establish this association and we started organising programmes.
“Over the last four-five years, we’ve organised more than 40 tennis tournaments, which is a record in this country. No organisation has come close to doing anything like that and we are still planning on doing more,” Aluko projected.
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