In what is described as a “tough draw” for Guyana by Coach Idi Lewis, the country’s male and female table tennis teams will come up against some of the top countries within the Commonwealth tomorrow as the team events serve off at the National Exhibition Centre Table Tennis facility.
The men’s team of Shemar Britton, Joel Alleyne, Christopher Franklin and Johnathon Van Lange, seeded 10th will face England (#1 seed), Fiji and Bangladesh in Group One.
The female team of Chelsea Edghill, Priscilla Greaves, Thuraia Thomas and Natalie Cummings, are down to face Fiji, India and South Africa in Group Two.
“It’s a tough draw, but I like our chances,” Coach Lewis said in an invited comment. “Those are teams we can beat and compete against, both male female, so I like our chances to at least make it to quarter-finals,” he added.
In 2018 when the games were hosted in Australia, the Guyanese women fell short of a medal in the team tournament, when they were knocked out in the quarter finals by Singapore. The men’s team exited in the Round-of-16, losing to Canada.
