THE NATIONAL Pre-Cadet Table Tennis team left Guyana yesterday for the Seventh Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championships that will start today at the University of the West Indies Campus UTECH Auditorium and will conclude on July 25. Guyana’s quest for regional honours would come from the brightest and most prominent table tennis players of the next generation who departed early yesterday morning aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight.
Countries already confirmed for the championships include Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St Kitts, Aruba, St Maarten, Puerto Rico and French Guiana.
The Guyanese were in training for the last two months and word emanating from the coaching personnel is that Guyana’s medal chances are solid given the pool of talent selected for the championships.
The team comprises: 13-Years-and-Under Boys: Elishaba Johnson, Kyle Edghill, Rajiv Muneshwer, Miguel Wong, 13-Years-and-Under Girls: Jamaali Homer, Priscilla Greaves, Kristie Lopes, 11-Years-and-Under Boyls: Jeremey Singh, Tyriq Saunders, Terrence Rausch, Niron Bissu 11-Years-and-Under Girls: Neveah Clarkson, Salanas Jackman, Abigale Martin and Simran Bissu.
The management and coaching staff are Hopkinson Harold (manager) and Linden Johnson, Colin France, Idi Lewis and Mooniram Persaud (coaches).