Hearn's brainchild stretches to Channel Islands
THE Channel Islands' leading table tennis players are to be given a chance to perform on the world stage in front of Sky Sports cameras.
The World Championships of Ping Pong is a creation of the legendary snooker and boxing promoter, Barry Hearn, and the next event will have a CI representative in the 64 players who will come from across the world to compete in the $20,000 live event at Alexandra Palace.
Entries are now being taken for the Ravenscroft-backed CI Championship which will be staged at the GTTA Centre on Saturday 15 November.
GTTA president Derek Webb, who expects the leading players in the islands to put themselves in line for the title and world qualification, came forward with the idea after meeting up with the main organiser.
'When I watched this tournament on telly last year and saw players from the other home countries I thought how can Guernsey get involved,' he said.
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