{"id":15027,"date":"2024-01-04T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15027"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:52:51","slug":"cnooc-sponsored-school-table-tennis-championship-set-to-begin-in-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/cnooc-sponsored-school-table-tennis-championship-set-to-begin-in-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"CNOOC-Sponsored School Table Tennis Championship Set to Begin in January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is gearing up for the commencement of the CNOOC-sponsored Schools Table Tennis Championship, scheduled to start in the second week of January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe, confirmed to NCN Sport that the final preparations are underway to launch the regional competition across various school districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament is designed to feature eleven independent regional championships in eight categories, including boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; singles, team boys, team girls, elite, and novices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grand finale will bring together the top players from each category in one venue for an exciting culmination of the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited is the primary sponsor, contributing over four million Guyana dollars for the countrywide tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support is also extended by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural championship aims to showcase and expose new talent on a national platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the GTTA envisions re-establishing a school&#8217;s championship, fostering the development of school clubs that can grow through competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate goal is to create high-performance programs that, over time, will produce more table tennis Olympians for Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming championship is expected to provide a platform for young table tennis enthusiasts to demonstrate their skills, contribute to the sport&#8217;s growth, and potentially pave the way for future Olympians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is gearing up for the commencement of the CNOOC-sponsored Schools Table Tennis Championship, scheduled to start in the second week of January 2024. Head&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15029,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027\/revisions\/15029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}