{"id":26972,"date":"2025-03-18T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26972"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:51:57","slug":"britton-to-open-ittf-pan-american-cup-campaign-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/britton-to-open-ittf-pan-american-cup-campaign-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Britton to Open ITTF Pan American Cup Campaign on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>February 18, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top national table tennis player Shemar Britton is set to begin his campaign on Wednesday at the ITTF Pan American Cup, currently underway in San Francisco, USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow Guyanese player and Olympian Chelsea Edghill will enter the competition on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pan American Cup, the ITTF Continental Cup for the Americas, commenced on Tuesday at the 888 Table Tennis Centre, featuring top talent from across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Britton, who arrived in San Francisco on February 16, sees this event as a crucial opportunity to assess his current level of play, especially in preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Championship in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has emphasized his mental readiness and strategic approach heading into the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edghill, who arrived in the USA on February 15, has been preparing intensively in Cuba in the weeks leading up to the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She views the event as a valuable opportunity to gauge her form at the start of the competitive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both players will compete for ITTF ranking points and a share of the tournament\u2019s $20,000 prize money, which is awarded to semifinalists in the Singles category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a strong performance could secure them a spot in the ITTF Singles World Cup in China later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, 2025 Top national table tennis player Shemar Britton is set to begin his campaign on Wednesday at the ITTF Pan American Cup, currently underway in San Francisco, USA.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26972","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\/26972","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=26972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26973,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26972\/revisions\/26973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}