NTTF Camping Exercise Helped Our Players Get Used To New Techniques In Table Tennis – Dotun Omoniyi

The head coach of Nigeria’s national junior table tennis team, Dotun Omoniyi has disclosed that a recent camping exercise for some players at Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State helped the squad get used to new techhiques of the game.

Sports247 reports that Omoniyi was speaking ahead of the team’s trip out of Nigeria, as they will head for two major continental competitions this week, which he admitted will further expose the players to high level standards of table tennis.

Omoniyi added that expectations are high, as one half of the contingent is scheduled to leave for Guinea this Tuesday, while the second segment will travel to Ghana on Saturday, ahead of the African Table Tennis Youth Championship, which starts on July 20 in Accra.

Ahead of both trips, Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) unveiled the squads at the weekend, while confiming that the quartet of Umar Ayoola, Habeeb Adebayo, Emmanuella Shaibu and Elizabeth Emenike will feature at the 2026 Africa Hopes Week & Challenges from July 13th to 18th in Accra.

Meanwhile, Matthew Kuti will captain Nigeria’s quartet to Guinea for the Western Region Championship, joined by Abdulbasit Abdulfatai, Funmilayo Ojo and Khadijat Okanlawon, who will defend the male and female singles titles, while also seeking doubles glory, from July 15th to 18th.

Kuti will again lead Nigeria’s male under-19 team at the 2026 African Youth Championship, alongside Sultan Agunbiade, Matthew Fabunmi and Quadri Atunwon, while the female squad features Ojo, Okanlawon, Kabirat Ayoola and Khadijah Musa.

The male under-15 category has Joseph Victor, Samson Joshua, Joseph Marvelous and Umar Ayoola, while Aishat Rabiu, Aziza Sezuo, Chinenye Okafor and Elizabeth Emelike make up the girls’ team; all of whom Omoniyi assured are pretty ready to make Nigeria proud in their respective categories.

Omoniyi added, “I am confident that all the teams will do well in the tournaments because the camping exercise has really helped the players get used to new techniques in table tennis. We are not going there to only add to the numbers but to compete for titles.”

Sports247 gathered further that Omoniyi, who led the NTTF’s technical crew during the team’s training camp at Babcock Univesity, added that all the players have been properly groomed technically and psychologically to excel during the Hopes Week Championship in Accra and afterwards in Guinea.

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