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‘You need to do more work’
Dr Anthony tells GTTA
WINNERS ROW!!! Dr. Frank Anthony (3rd left) and Parliamentary Secretary, Steve Ninvalle (2nd right) pose with the various winners, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, yesterday.
By Edison Jefford
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony issued the clarion call yesterday to the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to expand their programmes to integrate other regions in a move that requires more work.
“You need to do more work and between now and the other tournament we need to know how you are going to get others involved or you would [continue] have one set of people involved. You have to go into the regions,” Anthony said.
The Minister was speaking at the closing ceremony of the National Sports Commission’s and GTTA Annual Independence Table Tennis Championships, which concluded at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Tuesday.
“We have been talking about it for too long we need some action now. This [expansion] cannot be done by wishing that it happens [the] Ministry is willing to put some resources into making it happen,” Anthony continued.
The GTTA has repeatedly articulated a vision for a national schools’ programme, but that has not come to fruition on a national basis. The association has not publicly cited major problems in getting off the schools’ programme.
“If you [GTTA] are really going to develop table tennis as a truly national sport, it cannot be confined to Georgetown. I have been repeating this for sometime, but you have people who don’t want to take on the job,” the Minister held.
He believes that the association should surround itself with people that really want to work. “It calls for a lot of work, but if we really want to develop competitive table tennis, we need to go off into the regions,” he reiterated.
According to Anthony, the “thrust” toward the inclusion of children in the sport is “good” but he feels strongly that involvement of more children from other parts of Guyana would be better in terms of national development.
Before the Minister spoke, Director of Sport, Neil Kumar told the gathering that he wants parents to continue supporting their children in the sport. He stated that the Independence tournament would not be a “success” without parents.
“The parents are most encouraging. There would have been little success without you. If our youths are to be better, then parents must be involved. I appreciate the fact that we are able to run off this programme,” Kumar indicated.
He congratulated all those that excelled in the tournament, while asking them for continued support in the event. Kumar believed that the players must be awfully fortunate to play in the Independence tournament.
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