GTTA pleased with 2024 Budgetary allocation and plans for Sports

Jan 22, 2024 Sports

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Kaieteur Sports – “As President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) I wish to say that budget 2024 is unprecedented and a step in the right direction for the sector. I therefore wish to applaud the Government, the Hon. Minister Mr. Charles Ramson Jr., the Director of Sports Mr. Steve Ninvalle, the Commissioners of the NSC and their team for their visionary leadership and in taking on board the aspirations of national athlete’s, associations, coaches and administrators and the sector as a whole,” noted Godfrey Munroe President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association in a release.

“While the nation and government has priorities in the other sectors, Budget 2024, has again demonstrated the Government of Guyana commitment and plan to placing sport on a higher priority and trajectory, by progressively allocating more resources and in investing and building the key pillars necessary for advancing the prospects for our future sporting success as a nation.

It’s a caring and direct response to the demands and engagement of actors in the sector, premised on an unprecedented and new approach of constant engagement with national federations and associations by the Hon Minister, by you in your capacity as Director of Sports and the National Sports Commission geared at ensuring strategic direction and planning becomes part of the culture of operation, establishing and identifying areas of support and collaboration , the platform for the resolution of  challenges finding solutions and identify areas for synergies among other  areas of benefit all become enshrined.”

More Specifically for the Sport of Table Tennis

“The investment in a Home for the Sport of Table Tennis, with the near completion of the National Table Tennis Centre at the National Racquet Centre Wooldford Avenue G/town, this after many years of advocacy and after a mere few engagements with the Hon Charles Ramson exemplifies demonstrates and is a testimony to the genuine commitment, leadership and vision of the Minister, the government, the Director of Sports and the NSC in investing and advancing Guyana’s table tennis and sporting prospects.

Additionally, the (1) Support for players to compete at the local and international levels and for our elite athletes (2) Support for our association in hosting and unprecedented three major ITTF international events in 2023, (3) Support for our national academy programs plans for additional support to coaching development and elite athletes more particularly Shemar Britton Chelsea Edghill among other support, truly allowed the GTTA to make advancement in our developmental and strategic priorities, creating a platform for growth.”

“A more in-depth review of the budget would show that while it is weighted on infrastructure development an essential platform and pillar for sporting development and success. It undertakes a systematic, ground up, focus approach to creating the critical pillars and key developmental structures needed in our sports architecture, required to achieving sporting success based on and when evaluated against several proven scientific models of sporting success.

The budget details also show a clear plan and direction towards creating equity accessibility and opportunities for all citizens, mass participation and a decentralized model based on the many projects to be implemented across the region.

Further, these plans projects programs investments and support being made across the sector which includes

1. Building of regional facilities
2. Nursery Academy establishment of talent identification programmes nationally
3. Coaches development training and support
4. Student athlete development and support
5. Community based Investment Sport for All (Grounds and facilities activities programs projects
6. Support for Competition Programmes

Truly lays the foundation and creates the framework for the GTTA and other national sports organizations to have more places for their activities, in addition to having more persons become actively involved, engaged in sporting activities. It allows sports to become decentralized, NSO’s to establish and build out talent identification and mass participating programs, develop human resource capacity, organize nationwide national competitions and international competitions, synchronized plans with International federation.”

While the fruition of these investments are already yielding benefits, the full efficacy of the 2024budget lays the ground work for a healthier and fitter nation and a more sustainable and higher performing sector in all dimensions in the near future.

The GTTA looks forward to our continued harmonious synergistic and close working relationship and with the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and by extension, the Government of Guyana.

 

 

 

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• Building of regional facilities, Coaches development training and support, Godfrey Munroe, More Specifically for the Sport of Table Tennis

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