30 May 2022 | Tennis

Successful Uganda Table Tennis players qualified to Commonwealth Games:

• Florence Seera
• Jemimah Nakawala
• Parvin Nangonzi
• Rita Nakhumitsa

Four Ugandan female Table Tennis players qualified for the Commonwealth Games that will take place in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Florence Seera, Jemimah Nakawala, Parvin Nangonzi and Rita Nakhumitsa made the tournament following qualifiers held at the MTN Indoor Arena, Lugogo on Sunday, 29^th May 2022.

Of these four players, two are teenagers; Nakawala, 12 and Nangonzi, 13 both at Nakasero Primary School in P6 and P7 respectively.

Seera topped the standings after 10 rounds with Nakawala coming second.

Nangonzi was third as the country’s top seed Nakhumitsa finished fourth in the rankings.

Uganda Table Tennis Association (UTTA) president Robert Jjagwe expressed delight upon the successful completion of these trials.

UTTA will soon announce the top 4 ranking of trials. We therefore wish to encourage the players to continue training very hard to bring glory to Uganda in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The ranking series will serve to give us the final ranking of players ahead of the Birmingham games. We also thank all the coaches, sponsors and schools for the great support given to these players to prepare them for these final trials.

Robert Jjagwe, President, Uganda Table Tennis Association (UTTA)

The Commonwealth Games will take place between 28^th July to 8^th August 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Uganda will field a team in Table Tennis (girls), Rugby, Weightlifting, Netball and Athletics.

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