Hi Steemit members
NAME: David Oringa
GENDER: Male
NATIONALITY: Ugandan
AGE: 25
HAND: Right handed
PHONE NUMBER: +256705655099
EMAIL: [email protected]
BACKGROUND: I was born on the 9th of October, 1993, at The Naguru Hospital. It is located in Nakawa, which is one of the divisions in Kampala City. Originally, I come from Northern Uganda, from the Kitgum district. The reason my parents relocated from Northern Uganda to Kampala is due to the war. I started playing tennis in 2000, when I was 7 years old. I got inspired to start playing because of the Legenday National Coach John Oduke, who is the former Ugandan Number one tennis player, and current level two ITF Coach and under the support of Uganda Charity Trust Fund. Due to self-encouragement, motivation, and his help throughout my career, I have been able to accomplish some of my goals.
OBJECTIVES
I am a semi-professional tennis player, and I am currently ranked second in Uganda. I am a self-made player, because of all the hard work that I put in, and my willingness to continue learning new skills, and new tactics in order to improve my game. These elements will aid me in order to achieve my dreams of playing at the Common Wealth Games, and the Olympics. I will be able to achieve this by putting in the work, having vigorous training, and competing in as many tournaments as possible this year.
CAREER TOURNAMENTS:
I have played tennis for 17 years and I have been able to play a number of tournaments around Africa and one in Azerbaijan, and Indonesia too. I have played:
Karen Open - Nairobi, Kenya
Rwanda Tennis Open - Amahoro Stadium, Kigali Rwanda
Baku Games - Baku, Azerbaijan
East Africa University games - Uganda Christian University Mukono, Nairobi Kenya
All African Games – Brazzaville, Congo
Fast Islamic Games Tennis Open - Palembang, Indonesia
Africa University Games – Nairobi, Kenya
Acacia Tennis Open - Dar-Es-Slam, Tanzania
Britam Kenya tennis Open - Nairobi, Kenya
Rwanda Tennis Open - Cercle de Sportif, Kigali, Rwanda
National interuniversity games - Uganda Christian University Mukono and Iganga
Real Insuarance Kenya Open - Nairobi, Kenya
ITF Futures Bujumbura, Burundi and Kigali Rwanda
ITF Futures Kigali, Rwanda
ITF Futures Abujja, Naigeri and Harare, Zimbabwe
ITF Futures - Sham el Sheik, Egypt
Best of the Best – Kampala and Tanzania
Inter- University games – Mukono, Uganda
Inter- University games – Iganga, Uganda
Simber Cement Open - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Uganda Tennis Open – Kampala, Uganda
Makere Tennis Open - Kampala ,Uganda
ITF Money Circuit – Kampala, Uganda and Kigali, Rwanda
Tennis Africa Cup – Nairobi, Kenya
Kyekyo juniors – Kampala, Uganda
Secondary School Tennis championship – Kampala, Uganda
ITF 18 and under - Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya
ITF 18 and under - bujumbura Burundi, Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya
ITF AJC qualifiers 16 and under - Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania
ITF AJC qualifiers 16 and under - Nairobi, Kenya
ITF Africa Junior Championship - Nairobi Kenya, Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania and Bujumbura, Burundi
ACHIEVEMENTS
These are some of the tournments that I have been able to fetch fantastic results that motivates me to work harder towards my career goals.
Champion Christmas Tie - Break tournament open – Kampala, Uganda 2017
Semi-finalist singles and doubles runner up - Rwanda Open, Amahoro stadium, Kigali Rwanda 2017
Champion East Africa University games 2014 & 2016
Champion African University games – Nairobi, Kenya 2014
Champion Inter-University games – Mukono, Uganda 2013
Champion doubles and singles runner up Simba Cement Tanzania Open - Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania 2013
Champion doubles and singles runner up Acacia Tennis Open Dar-es-Salaam 2015
Runner up Uganda Open – Kampala, Uganda 2015
Champion Inter-University games - Iganga, Uganda 2016
Champion doubles and semifinalist singles - Real insurance Kenya Open 2013, 2014 and 2015 Nairobi Club, Kenya
Runner up doubles and singles ITF Money Circuit - Kigali, Rwanda 2013
Champion singles and semi-finalist doubles Uganda Tennis Open - 2012 Lugogo Tennis Complex
Champion Secondary School Championship 2010 – Kampala, Uganda
Champion tennis Africa Cup 2010 and 2011- Kampala, Uganda
Champion Makere Open 2009 and 2010 – Kampala, Uganda
Champion Kyekyo Juniors under 18 and 16 singles
TOURNAMENTS TO COMPETE IN 2018
Davis cup – Nairobi, Kenya in June
ITF Futures – Kampala, Uganda in May
ITF Futures – Kigali,Rwanda
Kenya Open – Nairobi, Kenya in June
Uganda Open – Kampala, Uganda
Rwanda Open – Kigali, Rwanda
Tanzania Open - Dar-es-Salaam ,Tanzania
Etc
TENNIS/EDUCATION AWARDS
Athlete/Ambassador Grassroot campaign Islamic Game - Baku, Azerbaijan 2017
Bachelor in Business Administration/Marketing - October 2017 Uganda Christian University
Diploma of participation in 10th East Africa University Games - December 2015 Uganda Christian University
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration - January 2015 Uganda Christian University Mukono
High Altitude level 1 Tennis Teacher's certificate - March 2016 Lugogo Tennis Complex Kampala, Uganda
Male most valuable player award - Uganda Christian University 2014
Uganda Sport Personality' Award - Tennis player of the year 2012
LEADERSHIP ROLES
Team Captain ISSF Islamic games BAKU May 2017 Baku, Azerbaijan
Athlete Ambassador Grassroot Campaign East African Region for Baku games Azerbaijan May 2017
Tennis Team Captain/Coach - Uganda Christian University 2013 - 2017
Player's Representive of Uganda Lawn Tennis Association 2012 - 2015
Player's Representative Real Insuarance Kenya Tennis Open - 2015 Nairobi, Kenya
HOBBIES: swimming, listening to music, Dancing, and Playing tennis
LANGUAGE: English, Swahili, Luganda, and Acholi
Am happy to join Steemit and hope we learn from each other.
Welcome to steemit
Welcome to steemit
Thanks
My pleasure
Welcome the platform and good luck.
Humble
It looks like you're a very accomplished tennis player. Welcome to Steemit!
He is,i know him personally but did not know he has all these accomplishments!
Trying my best. Thanks
Welcome to the steemit family
Hello welcome to steemit!! it's really nice to have you here enjoy the platform and explore the community.....wish you all the best.
Welcome to steemit @oringa! Wow you have accomplished pretty amazing things in the tennis world ;) Congratulations to you!
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Impressive achievements, ride on bro n welcome to steemit.
Welcome to Steemit @oringa :)
Welcome to Steemit @oringa and OMFG this is a mindblowing intro bro.
You are a tennis legend bro 👏👏🙌. All these achievements bro ...damn.We are glad you have joined our Uganda Steemit team.
I have no other excuse why i cannot learn tennis.
Wow, ur intro is exemplary. Welcome to the platform, have fun here.
Welcome to steemit! Looking forward to hear some of your stories :)
Welcome to steemit @oringa!
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You are one of your local favourite stars of yourself... Welcome to this platform you can be a couch for some who might be a tennis player too haha.. arise and shine
You are very much welcome bro. I wish you a very wonderful experience on this platform. Great introductory post and great achievements in the tennis world.
Godsplan bro. Thanks
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wow so excited to have u my brother on this platform. @yohan2on I believe this is all you. Bless up. Lets drink to this this weekend @oringa
Welcome to steemit, looks like you'll fit right in!!
Thats 1 impressive resume you got there, welcome aboard the steemian ship :)
Hi @oringa ! I am a fan of tennis, and fan of Juan Martin del Potro, Roger Federer and Novak Dokovic. I hope you can make it to the olympics and play with any of them, or other known tennis players around the world and do a great match!
Regards, @gold84
Thanks foe beliving in me @gold84
@oringa Have you researched how much money do you need to play in a 250 atp? Are you able to play there?
Did you know we can fund this here on Steem? Perhaps you can promote steem on the ATP tennis tour with tshirt from steem and other equipment? What are your thoughts?
First it is important to know the numbers.
Regards, @gold84
Thank very much @gold
But at the moment still focsed on getting points. Am playing ATP ITF FUTURES
after next week.
I will keep u update
Thank you
Sounds good! Looking forward to your updates! If they can be seen live like challenger let me know. Also, you perhaps you can have someone take video with a cell while you are playing and show it as live stream via dlive here on the blockchain?
Regards, @gold84
wow! congratulations in your endeavors, keep it up! =)
Welcome to steemit, enjoy the communitya nd have fun. Upvoted!
Greetings from Philippines.
Blessing,
Shang