Due to the success of this programme, UK Friends of the Mustique Charitable Trust (UKFMCT) funded our 3rd collaboration with Vincy Table Tennis Foundation (VTTF) which provided training programmes for children and teenagers in three (3) locations.
Programmes ran from August 2023 to July 2024 and were facilitated by VTTF at:
- Fancy Government School located in the rural village of Fancy on the North Windward side of St. Vincent
- Troumaca Secondary School located in the rural village of Troumaca on the North Leeward side of St. Vincent.
- Clare Valley Government School located in a small town with mainly low income families in the Southern Leeward side of St. Vincent
All three (3) programmes successfully ended with in-house tournaments with the overall 15 top performers received prizes inclusive of sneakers, racket, case and balls and another 30 players received consolation prizes of rackets, case and balls.
The participants looked forward to these one-year programmes, which serve as extracurricular activities after school, on weekends and during school holidays and the prizes are a big incentive.
A major highlight of the programme is a player who started in the 1st year of our programme progress to participating in regional tournaments and received a Sports Scholarship from the University of Trinidad & Tobago this year
We hope to continue to sustain these programmes in hopes of identifying more undiscovered talents in the villages
Total of 75 children and teenagers participated in the 2023-2024 Table Tennis Programmes at a total cost of US$10,960

