Natalie Cummings in action
Reflecting on her historic win on Thursday evening, Cummings said she owes it all to her teammates that pulled her through.
Making her third Commonwealth Games appearance, Cummings believes that the 2022 event is their best performance.
“As a team, we gel well together, we support each other. We struggle together, win together. The little camps that we had (back home), we kept pushing each other; so I’m pleased with everyone that came here (to the Commonwealth Games),” Cummings said.
Coach Idi Lewis bemoaned the lack of funding for the sport, and believed that if they were given enough resources to properly prepare, things would’ve been better; something that Cummings wholeheartedly agrees with.
“Funding! We keep saying it. Funding is so important. Equipment on time, better facilities. We need a home for Table Tennis. For me, setting a benchmark, top 16 I dont think is the best we can do, but it sets a precedent that we can do better,” the candid ‘lefty’ stated.
Cummings added, “if we’re at home training and we got this far, much-less more support thrown towards us, I think we can do much better.”
“As Idi said, we’re not supposed to be here, but we’re here showing everyone, showing Guyana that, just give us the opportunity and we’re going to do things,” Cummings said.
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