But as an expert rebuttal on matter pertaining to interviews he has given on matters of team selection, Munroe’s slams carry more weight.
The current general secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is fuming over what he termed an “inaccurate report” in Friday’s Kaieteur News.
The report, by Kaieteur News’ sports reporter, Edison Jefford, sought to give the impression that the team for the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis championships has already been selected.
“We have named a team for the Caribbean championships. We want to give it a good run and we are going to reclaim the title,” the newspaper quoted Munroe as saying.
The article headlined”GTTA sets sights on Caribbean team titles” gave the men’s team as overseas-based Paul David and local players Idi Lewis, Matthew Khan and Christopher Franklyn.
There was no mention of Munroe, the current national champion and Colin France who recently won a Open singles tournament in French Guiana and whose defensive style continues to pose headaches for attacking players.
The women’s team, according to the article will be Michelle John, Trenace Lowe, Jody-Ann Blake and Natalie Cummings.
The article added that the GTTA had selected Lowe and Nigel Bryan to compete in the Under-21 boys and girls events. But Munroe told Stabroek Sport Saturday evening “I did not name any team. Basically what I sent was the squad. We never issued the team to any media house.”
Last Wednesday, the GTTA shortlisted 12 male, four female players, six U-21 boys, five U-21 girls and four Masters (over-40) players.
Munroe blamed the article for creating chaos and confusion among members of the training squad who feel that the teams have already been named and they have been left out.
He said he has been approached by a number of players seeking clarification as to whether the team had actually been selected.
Munroe said it was impossible that he would have only a few days ago shortlisted players in the three categories to train and then a few days into the training programme announce the team.
That, he said could easily lead to a loss of motivation by the players who were left out and a reduction in the intensity from those who feel that they had already made the squad.
“It is misleading I don’t know how he came up with that,” the GTTA general secretary said adding that the final team selection will be done later after the GTTA would have looked at all the variables including finances, the return of the overseas-based players and other such matters.
