OVER 65 players are contesting for the ultimate diadem at the fourth Prime Atlantic Closed Squash tournament, which kicked off on Monday at the Ikoyi Club 1938 squash section. The tournament is a collaboration between Ikoyi Club 1938 and Prime Atlantic.

The tournament, which groups players into six pools of A to C, also has the ladies category, as well as, competition for veterans and ex-professionals.

The tournament will climax on June 9.

Speaking at a briefing to kick off the championship, the President of the Squash section, Tokunbo Ogundipe, said the essence of the competition is to further create awareness for squash in the country, with the aid of the squash federation to bring the game back into the forefront of sports in the country.

“We will be working with the squash federation to continually create more awareness for this game because as it is now, it is waning off, and we at Ikoyi Club 1938 want to revive it through this tournament that promises to excite members of the club,” he noted.

Also speaking at the briefing, the Captain of Squash Section, Sodi Pepple, noted that the ex-professionals games would be keenly competed by some notable nationally recognized players, who are also members of the club.

“In the veterans game, it will feature veterans of the club, who are above 55 years competing among themselves for the diadem, while the players in group A to C categories will also slug it out for winners to emerge,” Pepple said.