Bryan represents Guyana at World Table Tennis Chennai Contender event

National table tennis champion and multiple Caribbean medal winner Nigel Bryan is currently representing Guyana at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender competition in Chennai, India.
The tournament is set to run from March 25 to March 31, 2025.

Bryan, who has signalled his intention to commence representing Guyana’s national men’s team in key international engagements in 2025 and beyond, played his first WTT event when he took on Yiu Kwan To of Hong Kong, a world-leading player who has recently beaten the world number three player from Japan, Tamokazu Harimoto and has victories under his belt against former world number one Xu Xin of China.
Playing in his first international match after a long period, Bryan showed brilliance and why he is a renowned player. Unfortunately, the Guyanese lost to Kong 11-3,11-6,11-8. Taking some time to adapt, he gradually improved in each match and offered some great counteroffensives to Kong’s attacks.
“The Sniper in action. Firstly, wanna thank God for this opportunity to represent Guyana at my first World Table Tennis championship in Chennai, India. Thanks to my teammates; JAIN University in India; the GTTA; Guyana Olympic Association; Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport; Guyana Police Force; family; friends and those who I haven’t mentioned. Played against a guy from Hong Kong Yiu Kwan To, who has played against former world #1 Xu Xin from China and also have beaten already current world #3 from Japan, Tamokazu Harimoto. Grateful for the experience and exposure,” Bryan wrote in a social media post following the outing.
Bryan and Kristian Sahadeo’s participation in the WTT event was made possible by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Jain University and the National Sports Commission (NSC).
Bryan, a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) immigration division, is on a training scholarship in India along with national junior player Sahadeo. The opportunity was made possible through collaborative engagement between the Government of Guyana, the GTTA, and Jain University, and coordinated through the GOAL programme with significant support and inputs from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) and the NSC through Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr and Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle.
The scholarship initiative offered training opportunities to athletes and coaches from six sport disciplines to enhance their coaching and athletic capacities. This is with the objective of exposing athletes and coaches to modern training methodologies, the use of scientific approaches to coaching in high-yield environments in addition to offering youth athletes from the respective sport disciplines, selected for the first edition of the project, the opportunity to train and practise in a high-performance environment along with high-performance players.
The central aim is building a nucleus of talent which will possess and have the requisite skills to compete and represent Guyana at a high level, winning medals, providing athletes with the opportunities to fulfil their potential while advancing Guyana’s sport performance and results internationally. Bryan and Sahadeo will stay on to participate in a training camp at the championships.