THE Caribbean International & Regional Junior & Senior Badminton Championships is currently taking place in Paramaribo Suriname, August 16-29, 2018.

The Under-19 International Championships continued yesterday August 17, 2018 at the Ring Sports Center in Ringweg Noord Paramaribo Suriname.

Guyanese top junior and senior champion 16-year- old Priyanna Ramdhani continued her impressive performance to reach the semi-finals and medal round in the Under-19 Girls’ Singles.

She was seeded No.2 in the draw and gained a bye in the first round to reach into the quarter-finals where she defeated Sion Zeegelaar of Suriname 21-8, 21-13 to reach into the semi-finals.

In the Boys’ Under-19 Singles & Doubles quarter-finals, Guyana lost both and missed getting into the medal rounds by a close margin.

In the Boys’ Singles Tyrese Jeffrey lost to Kodie King of Barbados 21-15, 21-15 while in the Boys’ Doubles Tyrese Jeffrey & Akili Haynes lost to Jun Lim Cheung & Jason Cheung, 21-10, 21-9.

The tournament continues today at 18:00hrs where Priyanna will be playing in the semi-finals to get into the finals in both singles & doubles events.

The GBA is also pleased that all three Guyanese players, who are participating in the Championships, have passed their CSEC/CXC examinations with high marks.