Latest update November 26th, 2024 1:00 AM
Berbice Table Tennis Open set for November 17
Racquet wielders in Berbice are set to return to the table on Sunday 17th November for the second annual Berbice open which is expected to bigger and better this year. The tournament which is sponsored by overseas based Guyanese, Berbician Souvenir Ramdyal, a 2009 Hall of Fame Realtor of Queens NY, will be played at the Port Mourant Training School, Corentyne, Berbice, beginning at 09:00 hrs.
Former Caribbean junior girls double champion Petal Bennet receives apparels from sponsor Souvenir Ramdyal last year.
The tournament which will be called ‘The Berbice Table Tennis Championship’ has the blessing of the Guyana Table Tennis Association and is expected to see the best Berbice racquet wielders in action.
A number of categories will be contested including U11, U13, U15, U18 and novices. Play is expected to be in both the male and female categories. The top three players in the respective categories are expected to join their open counterparts to contest the Berbice Open which will be played immediately after.
The organisers have sent invitations and are inviting all clubs, schools and persons interesting to make contact as early as possible.
The competition is open to Berbicians only and those who would have been living and working in the county for the past three years.
Players are expected from all over the ancient county including Skeldon, Rose Hall, New Amsterdam, Berbice River, Canje and West Berbice. While a number of institutions and schools are expected to send their players to participate including Guysuco Training Centre, University of Guyana, The Guyana Police force among others. The sponsor along with members of his family and company are expected to be on hand to meet the players, declare the competition open and distribute the prizes at the conclusion of the event.
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.
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 champion Petal Bennet also won the Caribbean junior doubles title in the 90s.
Isaac Sewnarine, the late Roy Fredericks, Leslie Amsterdam, Alvin Kallicharran, Clairmont Saul, the Duff siblings the Alphonsos and Floyd Conway are among others who would have excelled. Up and coming national junior boys champions Joshua Lalbachan and Briton Murray are expected to feature prominently.
Incentives will be available for the top three performers in each category, to the Most outstanding player, most promising and most improved among others.
Interested persons can make contact with any of the following persons – Floyd Conway in New Amsterdam\Canje on telephone No 623-8481,Gibran Hussein in Skeldon 628-4248, Richard Bacchus 673-9112, Johnny Persaud 333-2869, Stanley Lawrence 686-6431,Levi Nedd on number 641-9592 or Rono Joseph on 644-2249. Floyd Conway is the coordinator. (Samuel Whyte)
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