HEAD of the Trinidad’s WASA table tennis club team Curtis Humphrey says that have assembled a strong and balanced group of players to compete in the second edition of the Edge Series Table Tennis Championship set for Saturday (today) and Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The team is made up of three players from the twin Island Republic in former national players Humphrey and Ambika Sitram along with young protégé Josiah Joseph and Joel Alleyne and Nigel Bryan.
Veteran regional player Humphrey says he believes in the goal of regional competitions like the edge series, adding, “It is about English table tennis because I have a similar competition that has been going on for about 3-4 years which is called the Champions League and Guyanese players tend to always come to that event, so we saw this as an opportunity not just to give back but I know the importance of it, so we are here and we are here to win.”
Humphrey was impressed by the competition last year and believe it helps to fill a void on the Caribbean region.
“I have seen tremendous organisation, watched it on the stream. We had one player from Trinidad which was Imani Edwards Taylor, one of our top women participating so, I think the organisation, Chelsea so young in terms of the administration scene and she is doing so well. Kudos to her and her team and I know it’s a big and tremendous sacrifice, so looking for bigger and better things from this and hopefully the Caribbean could adapt something like this because it is something that is needed.”

T&T player Ambika Sitram says she is ready for the competition.
“I know it’s a new tournament, by Chelsea (Edghill) and I’m really proud of her knowing that we kind of both started at the same time, so hearing about her achievement, I was really excited to take part and based on what is aw last year, I saw just as Curtis was saying one of our top female players Imani, I saw a lot of good things come out of the tournament, so my expectation is to have a good time.”
U19 player Josiah Joseph says that he was elated to compete in Guyana for the exposure and look forward to playing with some of her counterparts.
“I just like Caribbean tournaments to develop my game more, it will be fun playing some of the players from the region who I’m accustomed playing, out team has a very strong combination and we should preform pretty well in the tournament hopefully medaling.”
The other teams with international flavour are Queens Park Oval which includes Shemar Britton, Aaron Wilson, Imani Edwards-Taylor and Shekel McIntosh and Team 7 with Elishaba Johnson, Niran Bissu, Rosalba Aguiar (Cuba), Malachi Moore and Jasmine Bellingy.
The team competition sees the top side collecting half a million with three hundred thousand for second place and two hundred thousand for third place.
The edge series is sponsored by KFC Guyana and SQ apparel with What’s Happening Guyana the broadcast partner proving all the streaming and social media services.
The event is being hosted in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association.
This multi-sport series also featured 3×3 basketball which concluded last week and will also see cycling in the coming weeks.
The EDGE Series aims to spotlight Guyanese athletes on a national stage, providing them with the recognition and competitive opportunities while seeking to foster stronger community engagement and build a loyal fan base for local sports, while also creating a clear pathway for athletes to progress toward national and international representation.