The 2020 Silver Bowl Juniors Table Tennis Championships, sponsored by the Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association and The Insurance Company of the West Indies Ltd, will commence today and conclude on Sunday, March 8, at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
The tournament will be contested in 6 categories; namely, the Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-18 and Under-21.
Narren Persaud
Guyana will be represented at this tournament by three promising players of the Titans Table Tennis Club: Jasmine Billingy, Samara Sukhai and Narren Persaud.
Narren Persaud will be competing in the Under-15 and Under-18 boys’ categories, Jasmine Billingy will be competing in the Under-11 and Under-13 girls’ categories, while Samara Sukhai will be competing in the Under-9 and Under-11 girls’ categories.
Head Coach of the Titans Table Tennis Club, Dwain Dick, has said he has confidence in the team he is sending to compete in the tournament. He noted that these three players are special, and each has a bright future ahead of them.
He said the girls have a good chance of winning in their categories, while although this is Narren Persaud’s first outing, he is a young player and is capable of springing a few surprises.
Jasmine Billingy
He said this team has performed well on the local circuit, and did well in the recently concluded National Juniors Table Tennis Championships and the annual Forbes Burnham Memorial Table Tennis Tournament.
He said nine-year-old Billingy won her first seniors title this year when she topped the under-21 females. Persaud won the ‘C Class’ title in the Forbes Burnham Memorial tournament in February 2020, and Sukhai has faced tough opponents and is expected to perform well in her campaign.
Samara Sukhai
The coach also said, “Our concentration moving forward will be high-performance, developing our young and dedicated players so that they can reach the podium starting on the Central American circuit. We have been qualifying for some junior tournaments, but for unknown reasons, the national federation (GTTA) has not been able to, or seemed interested in, attending.”
