THE Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will serve off its first tournament for this year this Sunday, with a senior’s Open table tennis tournament from 10:00hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Once again the tournament will be sponsored by two former national junior players in Jonathan Sankar and Orin Hickerson, and is expected to feature seniors playing. Players expected to participate are Sankar, Hickerson, Kyle Edghill, Elishaba Johnson, Shemar Britton, Jamaal Duff, Bryton Murray (Berbice), Joel Alleyne, Paul Meusa, Warren Hacksaw, Brad and Brandon Belle (Bartica), Remy Taitt, Devon Richmond, Xenophon Goliah, Gibran Sarfaraz (Berbice) Chelsea Edghill, Tiffani Barton and Angeli Persaud (Berbice) just to name a few. Invitation is also extended to players who are interested to compete in the tournament and they can do so to the Tournament’s coordinator and General Secretary of the GTTA Linden Johnson.
The GTTA will coordinate tournament fixtures; provide umpires, tables and balls among other resources to host the tournament, which is aimed at: fostering camaraderie among players, promoting/creating a healthy lifestyle through sport, opportunity to participate in recreational activities and promoting the basic objectives of the GTTA, which is to have more players actively participate in the sport.