The Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sports Commission annual Independence Table Tennis Tournament was apparently launched sometime last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall with interested persons being asked to register early.
Seated from left, GTTA General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe, GTTA President, Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony and the National Coach, Linden Johnson ceremoniously launch the 2011 Independence Tournament.
The tournament will commence on June 17 with the 8-years-and-under Boy’s and Girl’s contest and the 10-years-and-under Boy’s and Girl’s competition. The junior categories will start on June 18 at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The senior’s categories will commence on the June 19 at the same venue. The tournament is to feature some of the “next generation” of players in the sport. The tournament comes as Guyana prepares to host the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in August.