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CNOOC Petroleum Guyana/GTTA/MoE National Nationwide Schools Championships provides catalyst for Resurgence of Sport in Region 10
Kaieteur Sports- Played at the Mc Kenzie High School auditorium on Thursday 12th December 2024 and coordinated under the stewardship of ITTF level one coach and ITTF umpire Candacy Mc Kenzie and ITTF level one Coach and former national junior player Marlon Washington, the CNOOC Petroleum Guyana GTTA Ministry of Education Nationwide National Schools Table Tennis Championships provided a catalyst for the resurgenceof the sport in Region 10, when the competition got underway in the mining town.
Coordinators ITTF Coach Marlon Washington along with Coach Candacy Mc Kenzie with some of the players at the McKenzie High School auditorium.
In the key competition to determine the regional winners, National Junior player and Caribbean medalist Ebo Mc Neil of Mc Kenzie High School reigned supreme in the boys 19 years and under category when he defeated Oiden France. On the distaff side Ebo’s compatriot Sharqe Ennis Mc Kenzie High School emerged as the champion in the Girls 19 Years and under category.
The competition was supported by the department of education region 10 Cheryl Matthews Dawn Barker and sponsored by CNOOC and has now generated great Interest amongst many student’s and school’s teams registering for training camps to be held.
The CNOOC sponsored championships forms the catalyst for integrating the sport into the fabric of regional organization and coordination with a view of building capacity and developing talent, also sets as it objective being an incubator for talent development of the sport regionally and nationally, being part of the Ministry of Education priority programme, offering the athletes the opportunity to become regional national champions while learning a lifelong learned skilled among other benefits
CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited GL has been actively driving human and social development projects in Guyana through its Corporate Social Responsibility programs. The company strongly believes that education is a critical component for the realization of sustained human development; while sports can be an avenue for improved financial wellbeing when persons become professional athletes. Sports also inculcates the discipline that is needed for persons to succeed and contribute to national development. In this regard, CPGL is elated to bring Education and Sports together in this National Schools’ Table Tennis Championship.
Results and Winners
Girls 19 Years and under
Sharqe Ennis Champion
Larshil August 2nd Place
Kieona Jordan 3rd Place
Boys 19 Years and Under
EBO Mc Neil Emerge champion
Oiden France 2nd Place
Karsten Amsterdam DemitryDash 3rd Place
Boys 19 Years and Under Finals Results
Oiden France def Zion carter 11-8,11-9
Karsten Amsterdam def Stafford Washington
Ebo Mc Neil def Kelvin David 11-4, 11-7
Demitry Dash def Akwain Adams 11-4, 11-3
Boys 19 Years and Under Semifinals
Ebo Mc Neil def D. Dash 11-4, 11-6
Oiden France def Karsten Amsterdam 11-8, 1-9
Boys 19 Years and Under Finals
Ebo Mc Neil def Oiden France 11-6, 11-7
(CNOOC Petroleum Guyana/GTTA/MoE National Nationwide Schools Championships provides catalyst for Resurgence of Sport in Region 10)
- CNOOC, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana, Mc Kenzie High School, National Junior player, National Nationwide Schools Champion
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