ITF Tennis Tens programme seeks to nurture talent in Essequibo

The teachers go through a simple hand-eye coordination drill conducted by Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan who is not in the photo.

By Treiston Joseph

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE) Unit of Allied Arts Department yesterday launched an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tennis Tens programme for primary schools while distributing sports gear to secondary schools at the Kayman Sankar and Company Ltd compound in Hampton Court, Essequibo.

The gathering consisted of 15 teachers representing nine primary schools – Capaburi Primary, Lima Sans Primary, Better Hope Primary, Taymouth Manor Primary, Queenstown Primary, Ulele Primary, Tapacuma Lake Primary, Good Hope Primary and Marlborough Primary.

They were praised for being “punctual” by