Elite athletes still beg for funding to represent Guyana

A GoFundMe page set up by three of the region’s brightest table tennis stars, has brought into focus one again the issue of Elite Athletes funding in Guyana.

Aaron Wilson of Trinidad and Tobago Tyrese Knight of Barbados and Guyana’s Shemar Britton are aspiring to participate in the inaugural Puerto Rico Table Tennis Open championships next month.

The Puerto Rico Butterfly Open TT 4 star tournament will be held from April 8-10 at the Puerto Rico Convention Centre in San Juan, and will see more than 300 competitors from more than 80 registered teams competing.