GTTA names National Pre-Cadet Team -Association appeals for corporate support

Aug 18, 2016 Sports

The Executive Committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected some of the next generation of their most talented, disciplined and brightest prospects to represent Guyana at the prestigious 2016 Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championships, scheduled for August 21 -29 at the National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica.
The Caribbean Pre-Cadet Championships engages players between ages 11 and 13 years and according to a GTTA Press Release is a signature tournament on their calendar of events, since it forms the basis for regional supremacy and the commencement of the journey of many of their young talents into the international arena.
Additionally, it serves to provide the basis for the technical and tactical development of players in addition to providing the opportunity for players to win medals, match and assess their skills with other Caribbean counterparts.
The team has been undergoing training under the tutelage of Linden Johnson, Dwain Dick and Xenophon Goliath with a structured and rigid training programme aimed at having them perform optimally at this tournament.
“It is therefore our feeling that Guyana’s team with the calibre of players enlisted has a very good chance of winning regional titles at these Championships,” the release said.
Competition will be amongst countries such as Puerto Rico, Barbados, Aruba, Jamaica, St Lucia Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic and French Guiana among others. Guyana’s Table Tennis has had a rich tradition of winning regional honours.
The association has commenced planning its activities on a 4-6 years cyclical basis and sees the players named here as their next prospects to transition as possible representatives of Guyana at regional and international tournaments and Junior Olympics.
It is therefore critical they are provided with the requisite exposure in view of realising their true potential. Further tournaments such as these represent a pathway they have to take in order to achieve the ranking in the next 4- 6 years, the release noted.
The team named include: Boys: Dhanesh Persaud, Colin Wong, Krystian Sahadeo, Alexander De Abreu, Kaysan Ninvalle, Isaiah Layne, Niran Bissu and Veeshan Deo.
Girls: Nevaeh Clarkston, Abigale Martin and Thuraia Thomas.
President of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe yesterday appealed to the corporate community for the necessary support to send the team to Jamaica.

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