Guyanese table tennis players advance in latest ITTF World Rankings

With a ranking of 243, the left-handed Shemar Britton is now the highest ranked Guyanese table tennis player ever, having scaled 205 places from 448. The Portugal-based national women’s champion and Olympian Chelsea Edghill also broke the 300 mark with a world ranking position of 263.

Christopher Franklin is now ranked 538, Chelsea Edghill is now ranked 263, Shemar Britton is now ranked 243

National Men’s Champion Christopher Franklin made significant progress and is now ranked 538, up from 1750; and Miguel Wong, Joel Alleyne and Jonathan Van Lange also saw some improvements in their rankings.
These movements are based on recent results at international competitions, and are significant for the sport. They testify to the players’ sacrifices, dedication, commitment, abilities, talents and discipline. They also testify to the support provided by the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, the National Sports Commission, the Guyana Olympic Association, the GTTA, and other private entities and public stakeholders who have supported and contributed to allow Guyana’s players to participate in the engagements.
“For this, we would like to publicly express our gratitude, as we are looking forward to the continued support as we endeavour to maximize the potential and talents of our athletes.
“The success also underscores the GTTA’s tenets, grounded in a position to have our players participate in tournaments even with the constraints due to, and during, the pandemic,” GTTA President Godfrey Munroe has said. “We believe our players have the talent to surpass these ranking positions; however, what is critical is that we continue to create the environment for them to have the opportunity for regular exposure and training, in view of developing their technical, tactical, physical and mental capacities as a base for sustained performance.”
With the Commonwealth Games, Islamic Games, South America Senior Games in addition to key world circuit events scheduled for 2022, and with the ITTF new world ranking position going back to a merit-and-performance-based system, where players are rewarded for advancement in rounds of competition, given points for wins against higher-ranked opponents, with participation receiving minimal number of points, it lends to allowing players to make even more breakthroughs in the world ranking position as the GTTA seeks to improve their performance trajectory”.