Duo hoping to springboard local para programme
PARA-Table Tennis athlete Gibran Safaraz and national coach Linden Johnson are set to be part of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Birmingham training camp from June 8 to 18 at Birmingham University in London.
The Guyana Table Tennis Association said that the camp is designed to increase countries participating in para sport at the Commonwealth Games and to provide opportunities for new, developing and experienced para-athletes to compete.

This camp will focus on providing developing athletes and coaches with skills, knowledge and opportunities to advance technical training, coaching development and educational sessions.
Coach Linden Johnson told Chronicle Sport that the camp will really help him better their top para-athlete Safaraz.
“It is [a] great opportunity for our para-table tennis player and myself to attend this camp and advance to the next level, our main focus is technical and tactical sessions,” the national coach said.

He said it will also help him as a coach to become more compassionate and more responsible, adding, “A camp of this nature, we are going to benefit a great lot from it and when we get back to Georgetown to continue with the para-table tennis programme and get more para-athletes involved with table tennis.”
The goal is to offer emerging athletes and coaches from the Commonwealth, access to additional skills, knowledge and resources that are driven by advancing education and supporting the development of inclusive sport pathways that promotes positive social change in sport and communities.
The camp targets para table tennis and powerlifting athletes.