Ghana won a bronze medal at the just ended African Juniors and Cadets Table Tennis Championship held in Cairo, Egypt from 13th-17th April, 2009. The medal was won by the cadet boys team event category consisted of Samuel Akayade and Emmanuel Asante all from Koforidua Secondary Technical School. A statement signed by Kwame Amponfi Junior, General Secretary of the Ghana Table Tennis Association, (GTTA) copied to GNA Sports said the award winners which included the current National Champion, Felix Lartey, also gave a good account of themselves by beating top ranked players in Africa to push Ghana’s Africa ranking from 9th to 7th out of 45 Table Tennis teams in Africa. The General Secretary said the Cadet Girls team also emerged sixth at the tourney competed by 14 countries. Amponfi Jnr explained that in the Juniors Singles African ranking as at 6th April 2009, Ghana’s current National Junior Boys Champion, Felix Lartey of GIS ranks seventh whilst Comfort Adjoa Ampah of Winneba Zion Senior High and Cynthia Kwabi of GIS placed 17th and 18th respectively in Africa. In the Cadet Singles African ranking, Ghana’s current Cadet Champion Samuel Akayade of Koforidua Sec. Tech ranks fourth while Dorothy Oboubi also of Winneba Zion Senior High School is ranked 15th. Ghana’s team to the Championship comprised Ebo Bartels the GTTA Chairman, Kwame Amponfi Jnr,- Team Manager and Secretary General of GTTA as well as Anthony Owusu-Ansah, the GTTA Head Coach and Sports Council Regional Coach for Eastern Region. The players are Abrefa Derek Tawiah, Lartey Felix, Kwabi Cynthia all Junior Players from GIS, Accra; Philip Mensah-Junior Player from Kwanyako Sec Tech, Akayade Samuel, Asante Emmanuel and Gloria Asafo-Adjei, all Cadet Players from Koforidua Sec Tech; Davies Isaac of Cape Coast Catholic Jubilee School; Darbah Michael from Winneba A.M.E ZION Junior High School and Oboubi Dorothy of Winneba A.M.E Zion Senior High School. Source: GNA