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Table Tennis set to return to Berbice with a Bang

Sep 07, 2013 Sports

 

Racquet wielders in Berbice are set to return to the table on Sunday when the Berbice Table Tennis Sub Association stages a one day six teams knockout tournament at the Skeldon Community Centre Pavilion beginning at 09:00hrs.
The tournament, which has the blessing of the Guyana Table Tennis Association, is expected to see the best racquet wielders in Berbice in action.
Three teams are expected from New Amsterdam, Two from Skeldon, while another is expected from the Port Mourant Training School. The teams, made up of three players each which will be divided into two groups where they will oppose each other, with the winner and runner up of each group advancing to clash in the semifinals.
Incentives will be available for the top two teams and outstanding performers during the tournament.  The competition is open to Berbicians only and those who would have been living and working in the county for the past three years.
Officials from the Guyana Table Tennis Association including President Godfrey Munroe and General Secretary Linden Johnson are expected to be on hand to help oversee the proceedings and assist with the distribution of the prizes.
The tournament will be used as a yard stick for the second annual Berbice open which is expected to be bigger and better this year. That tournament which is sponsored by overseas based Guyanese, Berbician Souvenir Ranmdyal, a 2009 Hall of Fame Realtor of Queens NY, will be held over two days this year with a number of overseas based Guyanese expected to return to participate.  Floyd Conway is the coordinator.
Berbice has a rich history in the Table Tennis arena and among some who would have gained stardom in the past are former Caribbean champions Anand Sookram and Doreen Chow Wah, former national Female Table Tennis Queen and nine times champion Desiree Lancaster, who is the only female to have won the tournament on five consecutive occasions, former national champions Donna Sue and Vida Moore.
Former national junior player Petal Bennet also won the Caribbean junior doubles title in the 90s and is among some of the outstanding players to have emerged from the ancient county. (Samuel Whyte)

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