GUYANA’S National Women’s and Men’s table tennis teams will venture to Kingston, Jamaica, to do battle for regional honours when the 60th edition of the Caribbean Senior table tennis championships is held from September 23 to 30.

The Caribbean championships is a signature tournament on the Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) and regional calendar of events, since it forms the platform for regional table tennis supremacy and allows the association to lobby for international support among other benefits.

The competition has taken on greater importance, given that the international federation has assigned this competition as one of the qualification events for the 2019 Pan American games, which by extension is one of the key qualification events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The GTTA in a release said that it “feels the team selected has a very realistic and high possibility of qualifying for the Pan Am Games and for medal prospects in the female and male team events, male and female Under-21 categories in addition to picking up valuable world-ranking points at these Championships.”

The following members of Guyana’s delegation will depart Guyana today at 01:00hr and will arrive in Kingston, Jamaica at 04:00hrs with Fly Jamaica.

1. Christopher Franklin (National Men’s Champion)
2. Nigel Bryan
3. Joel Alleyne
4. Natalie Cummings
5. Jody Ann Blake

The team will be missing the services of Priscilla Greaves, Kyle Edghill and Elishaba Johnson in the U-21 category, due to funding limitations and the GTTA’s concentration will be on their preparation for International Training Camp in Sweden and China.

Guyana‘s delegation:

Men:  Christopher Franklin, Nigel Bryan, Shemar Britton and Joel Alleyne.

Women: Chelsea Edghill (national women’s champion), Natalie Cummings, Trenace Lowe and Priscilla Greaves.

Participating countries: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Jamaica.