{"id":20746,"date":"2024-06-19T18:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20746"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:13:54","slug":"over-1m-up-for-grabs-at-kfc-edge-sports-management-summer-showdown-table-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-1m-up-for-grabs-at-kfc-edge-sports-management-summer-showdown-table-tennis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $1M Up for Grabs at KFC\/Edge Sports Management Summer Showdown Table Tennis Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edge Sports Management is set to host its inaugural Summer Showdown Table Tennis Tournament, with over one million Guyana dollars in prizes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, spearheaded by two-time Olympian Chelsea Edghill and sponsored by KFC Guyana, promises to elevate the school holiday period with intense competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament is scheduled for July 5 at the Guyana Olympic House in Liliendaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both senior and junior players will compete for championship honors, bringing together some of Guyana&#8217;s top table tennis talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the tournament launch, Edghill highlighted that the event aims to replicate the organization and execution of the Caribbean championships, providing local athletes with a similar high-level competitive experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Marketing at KFC Guyana, Sadia Strand, expressed her team&#8217;s enthusiasm for the tournament and encouraged players to sign up, emphasizing the international caliber of the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that KFC is fully backing the initiative and looks forward to supporting Edghill and her team&#8217;s endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players interested in participating in the KFC\/Edge Sports Management Summer Showdown can register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgesmgy.com\">www.edgesmgy.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is expected to feature some of Guyana\u2019s top table tennis players, making it a highly anticipated event in the local sports calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters Edge Sports Management is set to host its inaugural Summer Showdown Table Tennis Tournament, with over one million Guyana dollars in prizes. The event, spearheaded by two-time&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20746","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\/20746","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=20746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20748,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20746\/revisions\/20748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}