Uganda Tennis Association Launches wheelchair Tennis Project.
At the press briefing held in Lugogo at Uganda Olympics Committee headquarter today 18th December 2019.
The Uganda Tennis Association announced the newly approved program for disabledness.
Earlier in September this year Uganda applied to International Tennis Federation and their application was granted for Uganda to become a member for wheel Chair Program.
After Uganda becoming a new member for wheel chair the ITF Donated wheel Chairs, Rackets and balls which is expected to be received in January 2020 after the course held at Ramgharia Sikh Sports club for four days starting from 15th-18th December and the course benefited 28 Candidates including Players and Coaches on the game is played and managed.
The UTA Chairman Cedric Ndilima has told the press that “this is a historical moment to launch this this project for the hand capped it is pleasure for us, Just five years back we were not Members of ITF and our first target was to retain our membership which we gained in 2017 and it is the reason why this benefit is here.
Now our hand capped players will have chances to play international Tennis including Grand slams because every grand slam has wheel chair category.
” We are going to work herd to that we can host one of the wheel chair event in 2020″ Wheel Chair is one of the fastest growing wheelchair sports in the World, it was introduced to grand slam in 2007 and it has been in existence for 27 years since 1992 when the tour was formed and it manager reach 150 event from 11 which was their when the tour was formed.
The game is played as normal tennis but the motorized wheelchair are allowed to be Used for players which have impairment in at least three limbs.
