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Second Stag grant heading for Guyana
– GTTA receive shipping documents
By Edison Jefford
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has received the shipping documents ahead of the
Godfrey Munroe
arrival of the second shipment of equipment from India-based Company Stag to continue an extensive decentralisation programme that started two years ago.
The grant includes national team uniforms/kits, 10 competition tables, surrounds; score counters, balls among other equipment. According to GTTA General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe it will be a significant thrust forward in the continued development of the sport.
“The grant will significantly boost table tennis in Guyana since it will provide the environment/ infrastructure and accessibility for more players to play the sport and help the development thrust for table tennis,” Munroe told Kaieteur Sport yesterday.
He said the development is in alignment with the association’s Strategic Plan, which resulted in a number of initiatives such as the training of over 40 coaches, umpires’ certification, setting up of steering committees across Guyana among several other initiatives.
“This is a means of growing the sport in a sustainable manner, and strengthening the institutional framework. It is significant because it will also enable the association to host a few international tournaments; it will allow large training sessions; it will reduce the cost of travelling for national teams and reduce our uniform costs,” the GTTA General Secretary said.
“The impact of this has been truly manifested with the participation of more players from out of Georgetown in the sport of table tennis,” Munroe added. The momentum and development of the sport has been at its highest over the last two years for those reasons.
Guyana had received its first equipment grant in 2010 after the association had brokered a three-year agreement under the Anil Nandlall presidency. However, the process was completed under the tenure of GTTA President, Henry Greene and other stakeholders.
The magnitude of the Stag grant resulted in a collaborative project between the GTTA, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. The initial effort ensured organised distribution of 30 tables to schools in the ten administrative regions.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony and then Minister of Education, Sheik Baksh, had both endorsed the development initiative at a ceremony at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, noting its importance in honing well-rounded student-athletes.
The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport had committed to Greene and Executives of the GTTA to finance the shipment of equipment and freight in exchange for 30 tables for schools during the three-year agreement. This is the second instalment of the Stag grant.
Stag International is an India-based table tennis equipment manufacturer. The company teamed up with the marketing arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), TMS and made a commitment to assist all Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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