TABLE TENNIS: 2023 Mbale Open championship acquires key partner

• Event: 15^th Mbale Open Table Tennis Open
• Dates: 2^nd to 4^th February 2023
• Venue: Namakweke social center, Mbale City

The Table Tennis fraternity in Uganda will head to Mbale city as the prestigious Mbale open smashes off this Thursday, 2^nd February 2023 at the Namakwekwe social center.

The tournament organizers got a major boost with the acquisition of a key partner in Stanbic Bank.

The bank offered a Shs 2,000,000 to be offered in prize money.

Players from various clubs in East Africa will converge in Mbale city for the prestigious championship that makes 15 editions since inception.

Jude Mutete, the chief organizer also the head coach of hosts Mbale Tigers Table Tennis club expects at least 80 players from 12 teams plus.

The hosts will be joined by renown Table Tennis hubs as Mbogo school, Nakasero, Emurot (Lugogo) St Joseph boys Kitale and Kenyatta from Kenya, among others.

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The competition will range from the U-12, U-18 to open clusters.

James Silver Damulira, Stanbic Bank’s regional manager (Eastern Region) openly expressed delight by the decision to support Table Tennis.

Stanbic bank is proud of partnering with several intuitions majorly in education, sports and health sectors, we are here today because we have decided to sponsor the Mbale open because we know sports and education move hand in hand with this long holiday coming to an end we wanted to thank the parents who have managed to invest in their children in a special way other than living them to be taken away with various immoral behaviors.

James Silver Damulira, Stanbic Bank’s regional manager (Eastern Region)

For starters, the Mbale open Table Tennis championship has been held since 2003.

Elite players from Uganda and Kenya are always part and parcel of this tournament.

Simon Juma Wamugoya won the open category in 2022.

This tourney is sanctioned by the Uganda Table Tennis Association (UTTA).