Olympian Edghill interacts with junior female windball players
Edghill engaging young windball players
National female table tennis champion and Guyana’s only table tennis Olympian, Chelsea Edghill recently made her return to the sport of windball in a fun, interactive session withs students who have now taken up the sport.
In her junior years, the table tennis champ competed in school windball cricket.
During her interaction, she met with the parents present at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, and also had a long chat with the students from West Coast Demerara (WCD); East Coast Demerara (ECD); East Bank Demerara (EBD); Linden-Soesdyke Highway and Georgetown who are attending a programme titled, “A perfect place for your child to be”.
Flashback! A young Chelsea Edghill (left) in her days as a windball cricketer
These students were selected from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS)/National Sports Commission (NSC) Janet Jagan BA School Girls Windball Tournament, and they are also preparing for the Easter Weekend WIW Windball championships.
Edghill reminded the young girls that they must balance their lives: making education and sports work hand in hand, after which she played a bit of windball cricket with the students.
The visit was organised by MCYS/NSC Sports Officer A Munroe.
