Table Tennis competition hosted in Essequibo after 20 years
The Essequibo Table Tennis Sub-Committee Region Two, on Friday August 18, hosted its first table tennis competition after 20 years in the Cinderella County.
The event’s Organizers Debra Daniels and Nathan Persaud at the closing ceremony said that the aim of the event was to promote awareness of the sport of table tennis. The event had five categories and was held at the Anna Regina Secondary School. It kicked off with 13 events in the U-15, U-17, U-21 and open categories.
Some participants in action during the competition
Daniels in her address noted; “We have been inviting schools to do training in the afternoons at ARMS. We are still a young committee so we didn’t get the response as intended”.
The committee currently provides training in communities such as Johana Cecilia, Zorg, the Pomeroon and even Amerindian communities.
Nathan Persaud another co-ordinator explained, “We are trying to raise awareness, we want people to get on board and bring the sport back to the region, we intend to continue to train as well as keep records of today’s performance so that the region can be represented at school athletics nationally.”
Persaud and Daniels both revealed that they have reaped meaningful results through their trainings.
“Training has been progressive, we have kids coming out. It’s a new sport with new idea that help to boost the kids, Coaching are also provided” Persaud said.
However the organizers pointed out that they feel the sport can be kept alive if there ismore participation from the community and at the school level. However they thanked all those who showed support throughout the competition.
The committee intends to host another competition in the near future but the date has yet to be confirmed.
