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GTTA rewards successful Pre-Cadet team
-We are on the way up- says Greene
By Edison Jefford
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) continued its upward mobility and aptitude of rewarding success yesterday when it financially recognised the efforts of the Pre-Cadets team that recently won overall at the Caribbean Championships in Jamaica.
The GTTA held a press conference yesterday to formally recognise the pre-cadet squad at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. GTTA President, Henry Greene lauded the performance the players, coaches and parents, stating that table tennis continue to move upward.
“I think our purpose here today should be to congratulate the
GTTA President, Henry Greene (seated, centre) along with association Executives and coaches pose with the players, who proudly display their envelopes containing their rewards.
contingent on a sterling performance in Jamaica. It tells me that our players were motivated; table tennis is played in the mind apart from just skill and ability,” Greene said, adding “I don’t think that we were ever able to bring back so many medals. We are on the way up where table tennis is concerned”.
Guyana won overall at the seventh Pre-Cadet Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in Jamaica over the last weekend after picking up a total of five gold, five silver and eight bronze medals to topple the usually strong Dominican Republic. Guyana secured a total of 48 points to win overall ahead the Dominican Republic (46 points) and Barbados respectively.
Greene said that the fund-raising efforts of parents to ensure that players compete at the highest level cannot be overstated. He said it was clear that parents had believed in the fund-raising drive of the association and committed to assisting in the efforts.
“I believe that when we have parents supporting us, mentally the child will be with us. I’m happy that parents took this step to ensure players compete. If we did not raise the necessary funds then this performance would not have been possible,” he continued.
On that note, he mentioned that the association will be engaged in several efforts to raise funds to ensure that they are able to develop and improve players. According to Greene, a team will leave shortly for New Jersey where they will undergo rigorous training with top players.
Earlier, the effervescent General Secretary of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe had mentioned that it was Greene’s idea to reward the players because of their outstanding showing. Munroe said that the Executive met and decide that that was indeed a way to go.
The Most Outstanding Female from the tour, Priscilla Greaves collected $100,000 for her efforts while the Most Outstanding Male; Elishaba Johnson collected a similar amount. The gold medal winning team got $100,000; silver $75, 000 and bronze $50,000; individuals who won gold were awarded $50,000; silver $25,000 and bronze $15,000.
In addition, each of the four coaches that accompanied the team to Jamaica collected $50,000 at the simple ceremony.
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