GTTA makes key intervention at GuySuCo Training Centre Port Mourant

Recipients pose with the equipment compliments of the GTTA

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) made a key intervention into the development of table tennis at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Training Centre Port Mourant with the provision of table tennis equipment.
The GuySuCo Apprentice Training Centre, which falls under the guidance of renowned sports administrator Levi Nedd, served as an incubator of table tennis in the past and produced many players who competed at the national level. It will now have the opportunity to restart its table tennis programme.
Part of the immediate plans which have already commenced is having students engage in training orientation, multi ball, and competition activity to identify the institution’s champions and establish a team which will challenge and compete against other schools and institutions under COVID-19 guidelines.
Nedd, who plays a key role in sports development in the Berbice region and collaborated with the GTTA for the support inputs, outlined that there was an abundance of talent residing at the institution and in the region and he was happy to partner with the GTTA in enabling a key developmental project. Further, he pledged his and the institution’s support towards ensuring that the equipment was utilised optimally towards the development of students’ talents and the sport.
The Association says it is is truly happy to partner with the institution and make the investment in a key area and region that has produced many outstanding players in the past. This forms a major part of the GTTA’s developmental and rebuilding thrust in a key area in Region Six, aimed at building a platform for the sport as it continues to roll out many of its programmes.

Players enjoying a game

The Centre was presented with two tables, a box of balls and one dozen training racquets, which will complement the barriers and table it possessed. Apprentices and management of the Centre lauded the GTTA for its kind gesture with the expectation that amid the pandemic coaching sessions would still be possible. An apprentice, Shawn Benn expressed gratitude on behalf of the Training Centre.