Guyana’s Table Tennis Team slammed three gold and two bronze medals last weekend at the US Open Championships at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre in Maryland, USA. The team represented
Guyana’s Division III Gold Medal Table Tennis Team poses for a photo opportunity at 2015 US Open Championships with supporters. From left: Orlando McEwen, Coach, Idi Lewis, Darwin Walcott, Shawn Abrams, Dianne Chance, Suzanne Plummer, Nigel Bryan, Shemar Britton and Joel Alleyne.
Guyana’s best table tennis players.
The US Open Table Tennis Championships, one of the biggest team championships in the world, had over 200 competing teams and 1000 participating players from all over the world; the format of the competition exposes players at different levels.
According to President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe, the tournament exposes participating players to all levels of competition that serves the development purpose the association intended from the tour.
The Guyanese team featured Tyriq Saunders, Neveah Clarkston, Thuraia Thomas, Aneka Phillips, Delecia Cummings, Yuedistir Persaud, Navindra Persaud, Niron Bissu, Krystan Sahadeo, Colin Wong, Miguel Wong, Alec Hopkinson, Nigel Bryan, Joel Alleyne, Nicholas Romain, Brandon Jaikarran, Orlando McEwen, Raynor Anderson, Jamal Nicholas, Isaiah Layne, Priscilla Greaves, Shemar Britton, and Coach, Idi Lewis.