Table tennis bids for regional tourney

The two neighbours have bid to host the southern Africa qualification tournament that is to be held in the first half of this year. BTTA has suggested the qualifiers be held in May while South Africa proposed April. Durban, will meanwhile host the World Championship as the competition returns to the continent for the first time since 1939, when they where held in Egypt. “It is only us (BTTA) and South Africa. We are the only countries to have bid to host the World Championship qualifiers .

The ATTF (African Table Tennis Federation) will give the verdict soon, but I believe we stand a good chance against South Africa. Our neighbours, I believe will want to test their readiness to host the World Championship by hosting the qualification tournament. But I believe we are equally capable to host a tournament of this nurture.