Delta, Abia, Rivers get tickets to represent Nigeria at World Teqball championship in Hungary

Delta State’s Victor Oyemade and Rejoice Jatau recorded outstanding performances arsenic the 2026 Teqball World Championship Qualifiers were concluded successful Aba connected Saturday, securing tickets to the World Championships successful Budapest, Hungary.

Also, Aganmuyi Omokehinde won a golden medal for Abia State and would correspond Nigeria astatine Budapest, successful December.

Delta topped the medal array with 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze. Abia finished 2nd with 1 Gold and 2 Silver, Rivers won 1 Gold, 3 Bronze, portion Lagos State won a Bronze medal.

The competition, held astatine the Aba Sports Club, featured matches crossed men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and produced players that would correspond Nigeria astatine World Teqball Championship successful December.

It had 14 states participating.

Nigeria’s number-one Tequer, Victor Oyemade, from Delta, underlined his dominance with triumph implicit chap Delta player, Mikel Enebechukwu successful the men’s singles final, winning 12-8, 12-5 to assertion the rubric and unafraid qualification for Budapest.

Rejoice Jatau, besides from Delta, emerged women’s singles champion aft defeating compatriot Efemena Ekeke 12-8, 12-7, portion the women’s doubles rubric went to Abia State’s Aganmuyi Omokehinde and Mariam Abdulasheed, who overcame Efemena Ekeke and Miracle Edafe of Delta State 12-10, 12-9.

Rivers State besides secured a title summons done Joshua Musa and Ikoko Andrew, who defeated Abia’s Khalid Yahyah and To...