{"id":18692,"date":"2024-04-16T14:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18692"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:53:03","slug":"guyanas-table-tennis-team-gears-up-for-senior-caribbean-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-table-tennis-team-gears-up-for-senior-caribbean-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Table Tennis Team Gears Up for Senior Caribbean Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is set to make its mark in the Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from April 16 to 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad representing Guyana comprises talented players ready to showcase their skills on the international stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading the charge in the men&#8217;s category are Shemar Britton, Niran Bissu, Joel Alleyne, and Elishaba Johnson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the women&#8217;s team is spearheaded by Olympian Chelsea Edghill, alongside Jasmine Billingy, Thuraia Thomas, and Natalie Cummings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a successful performance last year resulting in a third-place finish for both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s divisions, Guyana has secured qualification for prestigious events such as the Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godffrey Munroe, Head of the Table Tennis Association, expresses the team&#8217;s determination to build on past achievements and maintain their trajectory of success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlights the dual significance of the championship, serving as both a platform for honing skills and an opportunity for players to secure Olympic qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the guidance of Cuban coach Duary Cisneros Yasel and national youth coach Linden Johnson, the team has undergone rigorous training to fine-tune their game ahead of the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual training sessions have been complemented by intensive group training over the past month, ensuring that the players are well-prepared for the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the confirmed participants in the championship are table tennis powerhouses like Barbados, Trinidad &amp; Tobago, Cuba, and Jamaica, promising fierce competition on the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Guyana&#8217;s table tennis stars gear up to represent their nation, fans eagerly anticipate their performances and hope for a strong showing in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour Guyana is set to make its mark in the Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from April 16 to 21. The squad representing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18692","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\/18692","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=18692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18694,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692\/revisions\/18694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}