The Selection Committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) met and named a male and female national squad in view of preparation and selection for participation at the 55th Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships scheduled for August 26 to September 1, 2013 at the Beausejour Indoor Facility, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
Michelle John
The championship is being used as one of the qualifiers for the Central American and Caribbean games scheduled for November next year.
Caribbean bronze medalist, Paul David who is currently ranked as Guyana’s number one player in the world rankings, will headline the male team.
The full men’s squad reads: Paul David, Christopher Franklin, Nigel Bryan, Edinho Lewis, Joel Alleyne, Shemar Britton, Brad Belle and Idi Lewis (Player/Coach).
Women’s Squad: Trenace Lowe, Chelsea Edghill, Natalie Cummings, Jodyann Blake, Michelle John and Akecia Nedd.
Veterans Squad: Colin France 2012 Silver medalist, Donald Duff and Michael Vieira.
Guyana’s female team won silver medal in the Women’s event at the 54th edition of the tournament held in the Dominican Republic in 2012.
Trenace Lowe is who is based in the USA, spearhead the women’s team’s chances of bringing Guyana regional honours.
The team may miss the services of Chelsea Edghill, last year 21 years and under girls bronze medalist who will be unavailable for the engagement given her commitment to participate in Canadian Open Junior Championships in September 2013.
Play will be contested in the men singles, women singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
Men’s Team, Ladies Team, Men’s Singles, Ladies Singles, Men’s Doubles, Ladies Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Under 21 Men’s Singles, Under 21 Ladies Singles, Veteran Over 50 Men’s Singles.