THE annual Digicel-sponsored Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mini Cadet, Cadet and Junior Teams and Singles Table Tennis Tournament has been pushed back to this weekend from November 7 to 9, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, after originally being scheduled to go off last month.

Exciting competition is expected this weekend as students compete in five different categories, including a newly-added Novices category that is open to beginning players.
The Novices category is open to players who have never participated in organised tournaments and cannot make their A/B team in the respective categories. One team from each school can be fielded in this category.
Other categories are the 11 years and under, 13 years and under, 15 years and under, 18 years and under. Each school is allowed to enter 4 players in each of the age categories
Over 150 students from eight schools across the country participated in the event last year, and the GTTA is expecting another year of good competition. The GTTA will coordinate tournament fixtures and will provide umpires, tables and balls among other resources to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.
The tournament will be run on a round-robin basis. The top two teams in each division will advance to the knock-out round while two players from the singles grouping will qualify to the knock-out round.
Prizes are expected to be doled out for the first three finishers in each category; the most outstanding players for male and female, the most improved players for male and female, as well as the best-dressed school, the most disciplined school, and the school with the largest support during the tournament (in excess of 50 students).