Beacon Café sponsors careers of Van Lange and Wong

Through its owner, Ramdeo Kumar, an avid table tennis fan and a recreational player, Beacon Café has offered to sponsor the table tennis careers of two of Guyana’s most promising talents: Jonathan Van Lange and Colin Wong.
At the GTTA National Seniors Championships last Sunday night, Van Lange and Wong were pitted against each other in the final of the men’s under-21 championship; and although Van Lange emerged victorious over Wong 4-0, the athletes put on a great show, both having had to battle through a veritable army of talented players in the opening rounds in order to meet in the final.
Van Lange and Wong are the future of table tennis in Guyana, and they both have been rising among the ranks through each table tennis event.
In an interview with Beacon Café owner Kumar, he was asked what had triggered the decision to sponsor these athletes, and he responded, “Beacon Café has decided to sponsor these two young men, as we see them as the future of this sport in Guyana. Both Jonathan and Colin…have been playing this game for several years, and they are at a stage where they need support from corporate Guyana to move their game to the next level, where they can compete fairly in the Caribbean.”
Kumar explained that Beacon Café is happy to take this course of action, as it has endorsed the future of table tennis in Guyana, and he added that with him being a fan and recreational player of the sport, he felt it was the right time to play his part at this stage in these players’ lives, when it is critical for them to continue developing their game.
Further, Kumar said he believes that support for these athletes is critical at this juncture of their playing careers in order for them to remain in the sport and improve their performances.
He expressed the firm conviction that corporate support for sports in general would come from other sources in Guyana.