Caribbean Junior table tennis championship begins today

Gervy C Harvey, Admin Manager of the NSC speaks to the Guyana Junior table tennis team yesterday morning during their final practice session at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall

-ten countries vying for honours

The Caribbean Pre-Cadet, Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championship begins today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, and emotions are running high as a number of Caribbean youth gear up to serve and loop their way to championship honours.

Four of the ten teams participating in the tournament, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago  and hosts Guyana who were all part of a three-way tie in the junior boys’ team championship last year, and  Barbados  were all practicing at the Sports Hall yesterday morning.

The tournament will be conducted in three daily sessions, with the first one being from 10 am to midday, the second from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and the evening period running from 6:30 pm to 8.00 pm.