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Bishop’s win Digicel’s Schools’ Table Tennis Championships
Any layman analysis will suggest that when you have the best player in a country on your team, you should win any tournament. Well, Bishop’s High School proved that assessment true in the Digicel Schools’ Table Tennis Championships yesterday.
The Chelsea Edghill-led Bishop’s High School notched their second overall title in the Under-15 category of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)/Digicel-sponsored competition to get their second
The victorious Bishop’s High School team pose with Digicel’s Events and Sponsorship Manager, Gavin Hope (right) yesterday at the National Gymnasium following their triumph at the Digicel Schools’ Table Tennis Championships.
overall gold after winning the U-18 category last Sunday.
Edghill with Denzel Duff and Reon Miller separated themselves as Guyana’s leading table tennis -playing school with their second consecutive victory against Queen’s College. Edghill ensured a smooth transition from the international circuit to the National Gymnasium.
Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, duly indicated that he was happy to see sport moving pass merely a question of potential and ability to become an intellectual battle. He was addressing the Queens and Bishop’s showdown, both schools being senior secondary schools.
“The battle between Queen’s and Bishop’s showed us that we are progressing pass where we just depend on potential and talent. It showed us that intellect is also important for athletes in schools in sport,” Kumar told Kaieteur Sport yesterday, following the Closing Ceremony.
Acting President of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe, said that the tournament should expand in 2013 to include the singles version. He thanked the parents, teachers and schools for participating in the competition.
According to Munroe, who is expected to become the next GTTA President, a nucleus of players is supposed to emerge from the tournament for special training ahead of national selection with a common goal of producing a synchronised training approach.
Solo sponsors of the competition, Guyana’s bigger, better network, Digicel, was impressed with the level of the competition and committed to sponsorship next year. Gavin Hope, the company’s Events and Sponsorship Manager, expressed his satisfaction.
“I would have seen a lot of promise and potential here, once we continue to invest at this level, I think we have far we to go. But we must have more frequent tournaments, so that we continue to build on successes,” Hope told this newspaper following the presentations.
Mae’s ‘A’ won the 11-Years-and-Under title while Marian Academy win the 13-Years-and-Under title. Annandale Secondary was adjudged the Most Disciplined Team; Marian Academy the Best Dressed Team and Bartica Secondary the Most Promising Team. (Edison Jefford)
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