Release. With Mr. Jorge Herrera appointed by ITTF Americas concluding his site visit, from February 13 to 17 2023, to carry out, the inspection and support visit to the organising committee to locally evaluate the general conditions for the organisation of the events based on the guidelines established for the organisation of regional events and with the objective of supporting internal efforts so that the necessary conditions are properly implemented for the competitions.
The International Table Tennis Federation Americas and the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) has given the green light to Guyana, to host the following key international competitions
- The Caribbean and Central America games qualification event slated for the 16th to 19th March 2023, will see countries from Central America and Caribbean seeking qualification spots for the CAC San Salvador games where eight (8) countries will qualify
- 63rd Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships March 20th to 26th 2023.this is a qualification event for the Pan Am Table Tennis Games Santiago Chile 2023 the Pan American TT Championships Havana and the World Table Tennis championships Durban SA 2023 Two (2) Teams will qualify to the Pan American Games and 3 Teams will qualify on to the 2023 Pan American Championships.
- Caribbean Youth and Cadet Championships March 27th to April 1st 2023 Pan Am Table Tennis Championships
The National Gymnasium has been chosen as the designated venue for the games.
With Guyana coming off of its successful hosting of the Caribbean Mini and Pre Cadet Table tennis championships in October of 2022
This is another major undertaking by the GTTA given the importance and magnitude of the events, the amount of participating countries and given that these events come under the purview of the ITTF and the standards have to be of the highest quality.
The championships will allow fans to witness high quality table tennis from the best male and female players from Guyana, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, St Lucia, Aruba, Colombia and Venezuela among others from the region competing in CAC qualification senior and junior and cadet edition of the championships.
The GTTA believes that the championship provides Guyana the opportunity as host to qualify our national teams for the 2023 CAC games El Salvador, Pan American Table Tennis Games and championships and World Championships Durban SA 2023, which is our primary goal.
The GTTA also views the hosting of these events as a great opportunity to showcase market and invest in the future of Guyana’s table tennis, demonstrate our capacity to host major events which has positive long term implications for the success and future growth of the sport, provision of exposure to a greater nucleus of players; serve as a catalyst to inspire the new generation of fans and players in the region, working with key partners sponsors and their brands, setting the foundations for monetisation of the sport, building human resource capacity, expanding and enhancing the well-being of the game itself, as we embark on the road of excellence.
The New Olympic System will be used. This system will be used in the ITTF Pan American championship 2023. Each National Association can enter one team per gender. A team shall consist of 3 players for each match. The order of play shall be B/C-Y/Z, A-X,C-Z,A-Y,B-X. All matches will be played best of 5 games. The competition will be played in two stages.
The Government of Guyana through National Sports Commission, Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports has signal its approval and support for this event
The GTTA intends to broadcast these games live on the available platforms of the GTTA’s, ITTF Americas page, participating countries Facebook and you tube pages which Opportunities partnerships in sponsorship are available to corporate Guyana. Packages include event branding (15 available spots), segments of the live stream for ads, other approved promotional material and title sponsorship.
