“TABLE tennis runs in my family, so basically that’s how I started playing,” says seventeen year old Priscilla Greaves, as she spoke of her beginnings in table tennis back in 2009.Priscilla is one of the six players who helped in leading Guyana to a clean sweep win against Suriname at the recently concluded Inter-Guiana Games, as she began her return to table tennis after a necessary break to focus on her academic commitments.
This of course is not the first time Greaves is part of a successful team at the IGG;she has been a regular feature during the last four years. Overall,she has been on the climb on the table tennis circuit since she was first brought into the game by her uncle,Colin France, renowned tennis player and former men’s Caribbean champ.
“He needed a young female player, so basically that’s how I started playing,” Priscilla shared, when she sat down with Chronicle Sport earlier this week for a one-on-one of how her table tennis skills have been coming along as well as what’s in store now that she’s ready to return to the sport.
Priscilla recently completed the CSEC examinations with passes in eight subjects.In order to achieve this she was forced to take a break from table tennis during the last few months.Now that CSEC is behind her,she is more than ready to get back into the game.
The School of the Nation student is preparing to attend the JOOLA North America Teams table tennis tournament set for later this month.
She is also busy studying for her SATs. And despite her recent break, her performance at IGG showed that Priscilla is still very much a force to reckon with, and still has a passion for the sport.
“I just have a love for sport, there was a time when I thought about stopping, but when I did I just missed it so much so I just had to start back,” Priscilla fondly related.
Priscilla recalled how it was that 2009 win that really motivated her to just continue playing the sport. Since then Priscilla has blazed a trail with national titles in all of the age categories she has competed in.Not being satisfied with that, she moved on to securing wins in the regional arena, as well as internationally
Last year Priscilla was a part of the Guyana team that won the gold in Division 3 of the JOOLA tournament.She is hoping to once again pull off another gold this year.