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Kaieteur News
Wednesday April 13, 2016
NSC, GOA supports national Junior Table Tennis Team The National Sports Commission (NSC) and Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) offered their support to the National Junior Table Tennis Team in separate financial contributions to Guyana’s Table Tennis Association (GTTA). The support comes as the GTTA President, Godfrey Munroe managed to convince both institutions that the team is on a quest to bring Guyana regional honours at the 2016 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships. Members of the Executive Committee of the GOA, which included President, K. A Juman Yassin, Secretary General, Hector Edwards and Treasurer, Garfiled Wiltshire visited the team at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue yesterday during their final training session before departing Guyana. The GOA President stated he was happy to support Guyana’s junior table tennis talents since he sees them as
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones (second, right) shares a moment with the National Junior Boys’ table tennis team and Coach, after presenting them with a cheque. the future prospects to represent Guyana at Olympic Games. In his brief address to the players, he spoke of the importance of merging
Netball AGM set for April 24 The Guyana Netball Association will be hosting its Annual General Meeting and Elections on Sunday April 24 at 2pm in the Boardroom of
the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue. All members of Netball Clubs and interested persons are invited.
academia and sports and asked the players to give their best in representing the Golden Arrow Head. Former Junior Table Ten-
nis Champion and Caribbean Squash Champion, G a r f i e l d Wi l t s h i r e a n d former cycling champion, Hector Edwards also offered
words of encouragement to the players as Munroe thanked GOA for their support. “We feel the team selected
has a very realistic chance of qualifying for the Pan American Championships to represent the Caribbean Region and has high medal chances at these Caribbean Championships,” Munroe said. The 2016 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships is scheduled for April 12-18 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The team includes: Boys 18 years and under: Shemar Britton, Kyle Edghill, Elishaba Johnson and Miguel Wong and Boys 15 years and under: Nicholas Roamin. Coach/Manager: Linden Johnson Further of critical importance is that these championships will be used as the qualifier for the Inaugural ITTF Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships scheduled for Vancouver, Canada in June 2016; where the top four teams from the Caribbean will join four teams from Central America, six teams from South America, USA and Canada.
Heaven banking on Windies T20 stars
GT Beer 4-a-side KO football kicks off tomorrow at Aracari Resort
The buzz is on as popular football teams from the West Demerara District, prepare for battle in the GT Beer 4-a-side knockout Football tournament which will kick off tomorrow night at the Aracari Resort, Plantation Ve r s a i l l e s , We s t B a n k Demerara. Action will get underway at 19:00hrs and will continue on April 17 and 21, before concluding two days later.
Tomorrow night’s play will see Sparta Boss taking on Parfaite Harmony A; Water Street battles against Reggae Boyz; DC Warriors will come up against Fix Time United while Agricola will battle for supremacy against Boom Bang. Team Admiral will compete with Parfaite Harmony B; Traiders tackles Jetty ‘A’; Team Showstoppers will engage Bagotsville; Brothers United will take on Jetty ‘B’; Comfort Ballers oppose Patentia Street Ballers; Stewartville Gunners have vowed to demolish Team Speedboat while Samaroo Dam comes up against Vergenoogen. Corporate support has come from Banks DIH under their GT Beer brand, Tw i s t e r z D i g i t a l A u d i o entity, Tina’s Variety Supermarket and Aracari Resort.
Samuels with JCA and other officials on his return home. Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven hopes the Jamaican members of the West Indies team will make themselves more available to help grow and develop the sport in the country. Speaking shortly after the return of front line batsman Marlon Samuels and fast bowler Jerome Taylor on Tuesday, Heaven said the players were role models who could reignite interest in the sport. The other Jamaican play-
ers who were part of the victorious West Indies World Cup Twenty20 squad were explosive opener Chris Gayle and enterprising all-rounder Andre Russell. Gayle, Russell, and Taylor represent the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20, while Samuels has played for Antigua Hawksbills and is currently on the roster of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. ”We are looking towards our Jamaican players on the
West Indies team to be mentors to our cricketers, both male and female,” Heaven said. ”This is so that over time, we can build a good team here in Jamaica that is not only competitive, but can contribute significantly to the West Indies.” Heaven was pleased about Samuels’ possible return to national representation. Samuels, who last represented Jamaica in 2014, has had difficulties representing
the country since new selection policies were introduced with the installation of the last selection panel, headed by Wavell Hinds. That panel also included Wayne Lewis, Delroy Morgan, and Robert Haynes. “Marlon has said to us that he is now ready to play for Jamaica and we are happy for that,” said Heaven, who is expected to name a new selection panel within his new administration. (The Jamaica Star)