by Olalekan Okusan, ITTF-Africa Press Officer

Once timid and nervous they now play with confidence, their knowledge of the game has also improved with their exposure to top class players in Africa.

Notably, Bredford Sawyer won the 2017 Sierra Leone President’s Cup.

“I think after our first outing in Tunisia and the media focus on us, our parents now see that we can make something out of the game. They now give us the needed support and allow us to go for training but they insist that we must go to school which is also very important to them.” Bredford Sawyer

Family support, it is the same for Mohamed Kamara, the young man who sports dreadlocks and is a junior class three student at the Ahmadiyah Secondary School, Sea Dockyard in Freetown.

“We just need more coaching so that we can start beating some of the big players in Africa. We have the confidence to play against anybody in Africa. Also, we have through the sport travelled out of Sierra Leone thrice in the last three years.” Mohamed Kamara

Notably, Mohamed Kamara as crowned the 2018 national junior champion.