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GTTA names team for World Championships
The Selection Committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected a group of its senior national men and women players to represent Guyana at the May 12-20 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France.
According to a release from GTTA President, Godfrey Munroe, the Singles edition of the World Championships will attract over 1000 players from over 160 countries worldwide.
Trenace Lowe
“The tournament is critical in establishing world rankings for national players given significance in establishing the overall team rankings in regional and international competitions,” the release indicated.
According to the release, Guyana’s participation at the World Championships and the seeding of the players is critical to the type of draw the players receives. “It has an impact on which players our team encounters, which can definitely impact performance in competition,” it reasoned.
The GTTA has completed accreditation for the players and members of its delegation; the GTTA has the ability to field six male players and six female players, the press document continued, as it indicated that the tournament makes accommodation for countries to have six representative players in both the male and female categories.
The host France will be providing accommodation, meals and transportation for three males and three female players free for the entire tournament; the additional three players would have to provide their own accommodation, meals and transportation.
The tournament will be utilizing the new format instituted which would see players participating in a plate competition to determine final positions of ranking. According to the release, the plate competition would provide value for the experience of the players.
Guyana has had representation at these Championships in 2003 when Idi Lewis, Orin Hickerson and Godfrey Munroe played also in Paris. Paul David also played in the Japan edition when the former junior Vice-President, Arron Fraser accompanied him.
The female players named were Trenace Lowe and Chelsea Edghill. The release said that Natalie Cummings would be missing the engagement owed to final year studies at the University of Guyana while Michelle John would also be out because of her Master’s studies at Lindenwood University, Missouri, United States where she is on scholarship.
The male players named include, Paul David, Edinho Lewis, Nigel Bryan, Christopher Franklin, Brad Belle and Idi Lewis (Coach/Player).
Chelsea Edghill
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that Arron Fraser, who successfully finalised the arrangements for the STAG International equipment grant to Guyana was selected to be one of Guyana’s leading representatives at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) AGM.
“This would be his (Fraser) second time at a World Table Tennis Championships. The AGM is the forum where a lot of the wheeling and dealing for grants, training stints, coaching, equipment and administrative grants are negotiated,” the release stated.
The association said it is using the World Championships along with the domestic and regional schedule of tournaments as a basis to start engaging its national senior team players as it prepares for the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships.
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