KFC Summer Showdown serves off

The highly-anticipated KFC Summer Showdown, which promises to change the game for how table tennis tournaments are hosted in Guyana, served off on Friday night and saw its official opening on Saturday morning.
With just under 50 athletes scheduled to compete in the Under-15, Under-19 and Senior categories, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will be a hive of activity as it hosts the event.
Sharing remarks during the opening ceremony was organiser Chelsea Edghill of Edge Sports Management (ESM), who related that it was well worth it to be able to contribute to the development of sport.
“Edge Sports Management started about six months ago, with the thought of having better tournaments and you know, helping with development of sports in Guyana and this is one of the ways we see fit to do it. It takes a lot of planning, but it is worth it and I hope you guys enjoy the tournament,” Edghill related.

In highlighting how important such tournaments are for the sport, Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) President and GOA President Godfrey Munroe expressed his gratitude to the event’s sponsors.
Munroe remarked, “Tournaments are key for us in table tennis, because it gives us the opportunity to practise our skills, I’s a sport of repetition and we need the competition to fine-tune. Now that’s an area that we’ve been very weak in and we’d want to thank our sponsors – KFC, the Guyana Olympic Association, ANSA McAL under the Lucozade brand, National Sports Commission and the Guyana Table Tennis Association.”
I know a lot of you are raring to go for the tournament to see who can match skills, but I want to urge you: play in the spirit with sportsmanship, with camaraderie, with competition and let all the rivalries finish at the end of the day on the table.”
While the younger athletes will be rewarded with trophies and vouchers, the seniors are competing for a $250,000 cash prize in the male and female categories.