Capobianco Field named for Guyanese tennis legend
From left, Table Tennis player, and retired United Nations staffer, Mark Anthony with family
members, Sean Braithwaite, Barbara Christiani, Tracy Christiani, Sharon Braithwaite, and
George Braithwaite Jr. at one of the tennis tables dedicated to George H. Braithwaite’s
legacy, positioned in a part of Capobianco Field, Roosevelt Island. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
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Caribbean Life, OCT. 29-NOV. 4, 2021 47
By Tangerine Clarke
George Hugh Braithwaite,
was the first Guyanese sports
personality to become world-renowned,
winning more than 70
table tennis titles in the United
States and overseas, including a
run that can only be described
as magical during which for 27
straight years he won at least
one US open or closed title, said
retired Permanent Representative
of Guyana to the United
States, Ambassador Rudolph M.
Ten-Pow.
Ten-Pow, former president
of the UN Tennis Club, who
joined family, friends and colleagues,
on Oct. 23, to remember
Braithwaite and dedicate
a section of Capobianco Field,
Roosevelt Island where concrete
Table Tennis tables are positioned,
recalled along the way
Braithwaite was crowned the
Caribbean Men’s Singles Champion,
and won the Doubles and
Mixed Doubles championship,
and in 1989 was inducted into
the US Table Tennis Hall of
Fame.
The former diplomat praised
the extraordinarily talented
sportsman, who was also a track
star, saying, “This was a man
who played for Prime Minister
Chou-in-Lai and Chairman
Mao-Tse Tung of the People’s
Republic of China and President
Richard Nixon, as part of the
so-called ping pong diplomacy
in 1971 that helped put an end
to the international isolation of
China, thereby changing the
course of history.”
“George was an outstanding
table tennis player, but we’re also
honoring his memory here today
because he was an outstanding
human being. I think that’s
the lesson that George would
want us to take away from his
life. Work hard to develop your
talent but then be generous in
sharing that talent with others,”
said Ten-Pow.
Celebrated with poem “Dance
to the Chief,” a choreography
by Alan Good, and the song,
“My Way” by Michale Henry,
Braithwaite who lived on Roosevelt
Island for many years was
called a consistent player, who
made table tennis a part of his
life.F
amily friend Luz Maria Brissett,
who competed with the
genius, said Braithwaite, who
took up the sport later in life
was always in great physical
shape, meticulous, and the most
dedicated player in US history,
winning events in his 50s, and
artfully performed his beautiful
game throughout the country.
Braithwaite, who graced the
cover of Ebony, Times Magazine,
and was featured in numerous
publications, and who gave television
interviews, even becoming
a sportswear model, and
ballroom dancer, also started a
coaching club.
“He was the best player in
China Town, and the most decorated
in US history,” said Brissett,
adding that, the old tennis
racket he found in the UN, was
the beginning of a long and phenomenal
career, after he began
playing the sport in Guyana.
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