CHRISTIANBURG/Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) are the overall winners of this year’s Education Month Table Tennis championship, which was staged at the Mackenzie Sports Club on Tuesday, after accumulating the most wins in the championship which was played in the 13-and-Under, 15-and-Under and 18-and-Under categories.

In the 13-and-Under division, Harmony Secondary School’s Matthew Jules was the winner ahead of his schoolmates Samuel Winth and Ewart Johnson who placed second and third respectively.
In the 15-and-Under section Aminiki Buntin of CWSS was the winner from Colin Small of Mackenzie High who placed second and Andre Moseley of Harmony Secondary. In the 18-and-Under category, CWSS’ Carl Adams took the top podium spot from Teaneil Charles, second, of Mackenzie High School and Norbert Sansculotte of CWSS.
A total of 17 players participated including the lone female Teshanna Fraser of Mackenzie High, who competed in the 18-and-Under category.
The competition was organised by International Table Tennis Federation coach Howard James, who purchased some of the trophies which were on offer, along with other sponsors – Banks DIH, Jafar Muhammed of Rite Care Pharmacy and Foreign Links owner Hilton Lyle.
James thanked all those who gave their support to the promotion of the sport even though he was a bit disappointed with the turnout.
He was grateful for those who participated and noted that soon a training programme will be introduced among the schools in Linden and the tentative venue will be the Linden Constabulary Hall where three table tennis tables are located.
James was disappointed that many of the schools were without table tennis boards and some of the auditoriums previously used for the playing of the game are now being occupied as classrooms and this has put the game at a disadvantage. What also saddened him was the fact that some schools use the boards as blackboards.
He, however, was optimistic that there is hope for the game and asked that the various schools do their best to help, so that the game can be played in schools throughout the mining town.