Sixteen-year-old national table tennis ace, Miguel Wong received further words of encouragement from President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), Kalam Juman-Yassin yesterday.
Yassin’s motivation was issued at the official handing over ceremony of Wong’s flight ticket to Santo Domingo which the GOA sponsored to assist the young looper in his bid to qualify for the third Youth Olympic Games.
“The Guyana Olympic Association is very happy to support this initiative sent to us by the president of the GTTA Mr. Munroe [Godfrey]. We are happy to support this young man because they have spoken very highly of him and we need to give him the exposure andhope that he would do well and to be able to qualify for the Youth Olympics for which president Munroe will be the Chef-de-Mission of those games,” Yassin declared to Stabroek Sports, a day before the young man departed.
The GOA head further engaged Wong about the formula he employs to manage his student-athlete endeavors since he is also currently sitting CSEC exams. He exhorted Wong to… “Do his best since the best is all he can do.”
Munroe, who is also schedule to journey to Santo Domingo for a meeting, will provide technical and coaching support in assisting Wong in his Olympic.
Munroe assured that everything was in place for Wong who leaves today for Trinidad and Tobago en route to Panama and then finally to Santo Domingo. He thanked the GOA for their support in covering the airfare while pointing out that GTTA will be covering Wong’s accommodation and meals.
Commenting on Wong’s chances Munroe said: “this is a good outing for him to really acquit himself and to look at the long term, transitioning him into the player that he could be in terms of nurturing his talent, he is a talented player.
“We have to look to the future because he still has another year at the junior level so getting him into this kind of competition will really help to fortify his game.”
