Guyana’s’ National Under 11 Boys Champion, Malachi Moore is currently in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic participating in the International Table Tennis Federation Caribbean Hopes Table Tennis training camp which ends Monday.
Fifteen of the Caribbean best 11-year-old boys and girls are currently participating in the camp.
Moore, a Malteenoes Table Tennis club member, who is coached by Idi Lewis along with his mother, departed Guyana on Saturday for the Dominican Republic to garner the developmental experience. Moore had his first training session on Sunday.
The training is being conducted under the guidance of Venezuela’s experience ITTF expert Ms. Luisana Perez, who will supervise eight days of training, dissected into two three hour sessions per day; each day commencing at 9.00hrs and concluding at 18:30hrs.
Additionally, attending coaches will attend workshops and seminars for their development. The camp will conclude with a challenge tournament and will see Moore competing against his counterparts.
The Caribbean Hopes training camp offers players from the region the opportunity to possibly qualify as part of the Pan American team which represents the Latin continent against their Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North America peers at the World Hopes camp and competition.
Moore was selected by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) along with the 2019 national girls 11 and 13 cadet champion Jasmine Billingy.
Billingy, however, was not afforded the opportunity because of age criteria which she did not meet.
The duo are amongst a group of other talented players who will lead Guyana’s charge at the 2019 Caribbean Mini and Pre cadet table tennis championships scheduled from the 19-27 August 2019 in the Dominican Republic
