THE Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) recently made a key intervention into the development of the sport at the GuySuCo Training Centre at Port Mourant and the Berbice Region, with the provision of a quantity of table tennis equipment.

The GuySuCo Apprentice Training Centre, which falls under the guidance of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and renowned sports administrator, Levi Nedd, was the recipient of a quantity of table tennis equipment from the GTTA.

The training centre, which serves as an incubator and produced many players who competed at the national level in the past, will now have an opportunity to restart its table tennis programmes.

Part of the immediate plans, according to a GTTA release, which have already commenced, is having students engage in training orientation, multi-ball, and further engage in competition activity to identify the institution champions and establish a team which will challenge and compete against other schools and institutions, while following the Covid 19 guidelines.

Nedd, who plays an important role in sports development in Berbice and collaborated with the GTTA for the support inputs, outlined that there was an abundance of talent residing at the institution and in the region and he was happy to partner with the GTTA in enabling a key developmental project.

He further pledged his and the institution’s support towards ensuring the equipment is utilized maximally towards the development of student’s talent and the sport.

The GTTA said they are truly happy to partner with the institution and make the investment in a key area and region that produced many outstanding players in the past.

This, the GTTA said, forms an investment and is part of their developmental and rebuilding thrust in an area in Region Six, aimed at building a platform network of hubs for the sport as they continue to roll out more programmes.