– Edghill visits Director of Sports
Guyanese Olympian Chelsea Edghill has paid a visit to the U.S. Embassy with her coach Idi Lewis and the President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Monroe.
She met with Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, who congratulated her on her accomplishments and noted that she is impressed with her discipline and dedication to the sport. Ambassador Lynch also had a friendly match with Chelsea.
Moreover, Edghill visited the office of the Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, on Thursday last. In addition to extending gratitude to the National Sports Commission (NSC) for its support, Edghill re-engaged the Commission on her future plans in the game she loves, table tennis.
Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, had earlier in the week made a presentation of G$1M to the GTTA in aid of Edghill’s quest for continued success in table tennis, while noting that that sum could balloon following a review four months from now.
The 24-year-old, Edghill became the first woman from the English-speaking Caribbean and first Guyanese (male or female) to play table tennis at the Olympics. She presented Ninvalle with a portrait from her victory over Fiji’s Sally Yee (4-1) at the 32nd Olympiad.
Edghill told the Director of Sport that this image is one that’s close to her heart, since it was her first match at the Olympics and more so one in which she came out victorious (11-5, 4-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8) and moved on to the Round-of-64.
Ninvalle, on behalf of the Commission, and by extension the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Minister Charles Ramson Jr, congratulated Edghill on an exceptional performance at the Tokyo Games. The country’s Director of Sport reassured the Linwood University Chemistry graduate that the NSC stands fully committed in supporting her development.
