The newly elected executive committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has named a squad with a view of selecting the final representatives for the 2018 Caribbean Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships scheduled for the July 2018 in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.
The squad, a very formidable and talented one includes the likes of 2016 Caribbean Cadet Champion Kaysan Ninvalle, 2017 ITTF Caribbean World Hopes qualifier selectee Krystian Sahadeo, Nkechi Mc Crae, Thuraia Thomas – Caribbean Bronze medalist 2016, Dhanesh Persaud, Colin Wong and new and emerging talents Jasmine Bilingi, Akera Watson, Quanna Torrington, Samara Sukhai, Tatyanna Mohamed and Roseanna Sanders.
The others are Jonathan Van Lange, Alexander DeAbreu, Jonathan Cox, and Chase Outar
Kaysan Ninvalle
The Caribbean Pre Cadet Table Tennis is a signature tournament on the GTTA calendar of activities since it forms the incubator and debut for development of young regional table tennis talent.
Of significance is that the championships will be used to select the best two Caribbean 13-years and under and 11-years and under boys and girls to participate in the Latin American world hopes training and competition slated for later this year.
This would allow our players if selected to benefit from international training and exposure and if select as part of the Latin Hopes team be given training exposure and equipment to sport as an induction to the ITTF development program ITTF Hopes program; ITTF Rough Diamond ITTF with the Future in Mind
Ninvalle secured selection for Hopes training camp in 2016 where he won bronze in the Latin America qualification and training event. Sahadeo also secured qualification when he emerged second in the ITTF Hopes Caribbean training and qualification event in Jamaica 2017.
However, he was unable to attend the event due to visa constraints with Paraguay; Guyana other representative is Chelsea Edghill who secured Junior Olympian participation.
The GTTA has commenced the implementation of its national table tennis for schools’ program which is part of its plan to synchronize with the ITTF hopes programs.
The executive committee will be meeting with the parents, coaches and stakeholders to map out its plans for the team’s engagement at the championships.
