Late Guyanese table tennis champion George
Braithwaite to be honored with tennis courts
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Caribbean Life, SEPTEMBER 24-30, 2021 31
By Tangerine Clarke
The George Braithwaite
Table Tennis Court will be
unveiled at Capobianco Field,
Roosevelt Island during the
late sportsman’s Ping Pong
Diplomacy Commemoration
on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Players and officials from
China, Guyana, the Caribbean,
and other parts of the
world will attend the celebration
that will be highlighted
with music, poetry, and
dance.
The three, blue concrete
tables in Braithwaite’s honor
were commissioned by the
State of New York and built by
Alan Good of HENGE Tables.
“We hope you will join us
for a fun commemoration of
the life of George Braithwaite,
may his spirit continue forward
in the play of the youth
at this event and in the many
lessons he taught us all, especially,
friendship first, competition
second,” said Thomas
Hu, chief executive officer of
American Youth Table Tennis
Organization, and host of the
event.
G u y a n e s e - b o r n ,
Braithwaite who died on Oct.
26, 2020, lived most of his life
on Roosevelt Island, represented
the United States table
tennis team to Nagoya, Japan,
where he competed in a world
championship, 50 years ago,
and there after, was invited
to China.
According to a release,
this ended a two-decade Cold
War that had started with
the end of World War II, and
the ‘Chief,’ as Braithwaite was
called, led the team to historic
meetings with Premier
Zhou En Lai and Chairman
Mao Ze Dong.
Braithwaite, a decorated
medalist who was among the
U.S. Ping Pong team photographed
at the Great Wall
of China, and featured on
the cover of Time Magazine
in April 1971, was at the
time employed at the United
Nations Headquarters in New
York City.
Former U.S. table tennis champion George Braithwaite warms up before an exhibition
game titled “American/Chinese Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch”, at the Richard Nixon
Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California June 12, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Avery/File
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