AGAINST the background of lack of sponsorship, absence of a coach due to sponsorship, pervading limited exposures compared to her opponents and a different climatic condition, Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill continued to defy the odds and scale new heights for her country.

At least that was according to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) website that went on to state that Edghill seems to have a clear understanding that this would be the road map that has to be taken if she is to qualify for the 2nd Junior Olympics in Nanajing, China 2014, and achieve her true potential.
The result that started the literature for ITTF was the fact that Chelsea will play in the Girls Open Team Final with South Korean partner, Kyojin Ku at the Canadian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Open Championships in Markham, Ontario Canada.
What has been amazing is that her victories have been equal to that of her partner Ku, and against the higher ranked players. This is all after just playing in her second such event, truly revealing her talent and fulfilling her potential.
The event is an ITTF Premium World Junior Circuit Table Tennis Tournament with Butterfly as the proud sponsors.
The tournament has a maximum of 150 entries with total prize money of Cdn$8 000 and includes the following events/categories: Junior Boys Singles, Junior Girls Singles, Junior Boys Team, Junior Girls Team, Cadet Boys Singles, Cadet Girls Singles, Cadet Boys Team and Cadet Girls Team.
Like her predecessors the likes of Trenace Lowe and Michelle John, who have had some outstanding performances on the ITTF Junior Circuit, Chelsea is setting a new standard with her performance against top-ranked competition.
Meanwhile, national Junior Player Sachin Panday, who recently migrated to Canada, was endorsed by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and will be participating in the Singles of the Boys 18 years-and-under in his quest for honours which commenced yesterday.