My name is Amb Obayemi Joy convener Amazon Tennis tournament. It’s humbles me each time i have the opportunity to talk about what birthed the Amazons tennis tournament. Today seen as the biggest female tennis tournament in Africa, it’s from a place of Passion and love for the racket sport that has given me so much in life, both physically mentally and socially. I Specifically choose women as mostly the clubs and courts are filled with men and most competitions have more men as representative so Focusing on women is to build a strong tennis community of women and to increase the the level of competitiveness. Chosing the International women’s day is very significant as we join the global community in celebrating women’s power, strength and leading our voices to health challenges facing women through sports.
FUNDING
. Funding has Been very challenging mostly because of the level the tournament has risen to, the first edition we had 86 women, on record this year we have 124 women who have registered and some are on the waiting list. If we had good financial support we would have accommodated more. Most brands loves the initiative wants to identify with us but from the capacity of product not financial commitment and we need both financial support and product to make the day a momerable one, We need more support as it comes with alot of financial commitment to pull such an event off.
Long term goal
Our long term goal is to make it an international competition where recreational players from across the world can travel to Nigeria to come compete at the Amazons tennis tournament with jucy prize money to be won which is part of empowerment.
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Ranking system
Also to make the Amazons a ranking system to make the competition more competitive as players will be looking for how the better their game and sharpen their skills.
PET PROJECT
One of our futuristic plans is to have our young National Ranked female player have a stand alone tournament (The Amazons Junoir Championship) (AJC) to increase the level of tennis tournament in Nigeria for the female players to have such a competition to look forward too.
CONTINUITY
We hope to continue building on our success story and advocate for more women old and young to join the Sport, partner with state government corporate organization for founding and not only have this event annually but have two major tournament in a year for women and our young girls
EVENT DETAILS
Date : 28th March
Venue : Lagos Lawn Tennis Club Opposite TBS Onikan.
Time 9am.
Admmission is free
