Eric Ofoyuru – Uganda’s Former Tennis star and Coach

My Dad was a professional tennis player, a very key person in the Uganda Tennis. He began his tennis career at Lugogo Tennis club. He shined in the game of tennis in his youthful time where he represented Uganda in the various International Tennis Federation(ITF) tournaments in the under 14, under 16 and Under 18 categories. He also represented Uganda in the Davis cup.
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During the Euro-Africa Davis Cup, he was on the pioneer team that hosted the event in Kampala(Capital City of Uganda) in 1997. He later on had a training stint in Germany before retiring to concentrate on Coaching.
He was a very outstanding tennis player and Coach who spent most of his time at Lugogo helping many young people learn the game of tennis. He raised the now tennis icons in the nation such as Duncan Mugabe and David Oringa.

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He was a very hard working person who won various medals and Trophies in the different tournaments he participated in. He introduced me and my sister to the game of Tennis at the tender age of 8 and 9yrs respectively. We became good tennis players, traveled in the different East African Countries such as Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda playing competitive Tennis in the various ITF- Tennis tournaments.

My Dad unfortunately died in 2006 at an early age of 31. Lugogo Tennis Club will forever miss this key Tennis player who played a great role in the Nation’s Tennis decipline.

He was talked about in the New Vision newspaper article below:
https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1144453/tennis-star-ofoyuru-dead