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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Tennis Association president Johnson Koh has urged the Sports Commissioner (SC) to review its call to have three clubs formed before a district association can be set up in the State.

He said it is not practical for many districts here to find three clubs as there are limited tennis facilities in Sabah.

“It is impossible to have three clubs  formed in places such as Telupid, Beluran or Kinabatangan where there are limited facilities, and why would private independent clubs in the district want to join as an affiliate of the district tennis association?

“The tennis community and the facilities are  non comparable to the districts in the Peninsula. Therefore, I sincerely hope that the Sports Commissioner will exercise its discretion to decide what is best for the development of tennis here in Sabah,” he said.

Meanwhile, Johnson was grateful for the RM58,000 annual grant and RM5,000 winning incentives given by the Youth and Sports Ministry recently.

He said the State association would use the fund wisely and continue with the development of junior players in the State, organising more tournaments, while the team tennis invitational tournament would be their main event this year.