THE Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is looking for new talent this weekend.ON Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall it will stage a competition for Cadets 15 years and under and Juniors 18 years and under for both boys and girls. Play starts at 09:00hrs.

After the tournament, the association will meet to shortlist players who will then continue training ahead of the Caribbean Cadet/Junior Table Tennis tournament set for April in the Dominican Republic.
Sunday’s play will be run in two stages. Groups will be drawn up with players going through a round-robin system.
The matches will be played utilising current ITTF rules; 11 points per game; with a best-of-five or best-of-seven set and two points alternate serve.
The top two players of each group will qualify for the final stage. In the quarterfinals for the juniors, the winner will be decided after a best-of-seven set, while the cadets will be a best-of-five.
The deadline for entries is today.
Meanwhile, On Sunday, February 8, the GTTA will have a ‘fitness check’ for national and future national table tennis players, as part of GTTA selection criteria, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 14:00hrs.