A brilliant athlete at just 11 years old, Jonathan Van Lange continued his fine run of form at the Titans Table Tennis Club ‘Slammer Jammer’ tournament and battled his way to three titles at the Marian Academy auditorium on Sunday.

The competition also saw female players Thuraia Thomas and Jasmin Billingy dominating their respective categories, enroute to accolades.

Van Lange took on and defeated Miguel Wong 11-5, 11-5, 11-13, and 11-6 in the ‘B’ Class final to further stamp his name on the sport of table tennis.

Both Van Lange and Wong had trying semifinal matches as the former battled with Isaiah Layne to an eventual 20-18, 11-8 and 11-9 victory, while Terrence Rausch held Wong to five sets before losing 14-12, 12-10, 7-11, 5-11, 17-19.

In the Boys U–18 final, Van Lange faced Rausch and with little delay defeated him 12-10, 11-9 and 11-8.

Van Lange and Rausch in their respective semifinal matches had gotten past Krystian Sahadeo and Layne in straight sets.

One of the most thrilling matches of the day which thoroughly roused the crowd, saw Layne downing Dhanesh Persaud 3-1 in the Boys U-15 final.

It was a wonderful game from Layne, who ceded the first set 8-11 but took the next three sets 11-3, 11-6 and 11-7 to claim the title.

The Boys U–13 final was also a ripper with the Caribbean U13 Boys doubles silver medalist, Van Lange battling Sahadeo to earn an 11-9, 6-11, 11-4 and 11-8 win.

Meanwhile, the Boys U-11 final went to the national U-11 champion, Wong, who edged past Persaud 12-10, 11-6 and 11-9 to haul one back.

On the distaff side, Jasmine Billingy, one of Guyana’s brightest prospects, defeated Malachi Moore 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 in the Open U-9 final.

Billingy also beat her clubmate, Samara Sukhai 11-4 and 11-5 in the Girls’ Under-11 final.

In her third final of the day, Billingy was defeated by Thuraia Thomas 11- 5, 11-6 and 11-4 in the Girls’ U-15 final.

Thomas also won the Girls’ U-13 title by default after Nkechi Mc Rae failed to show up for their encounter.

Thuraia also went on to more success, by capturing her third title of the day after defeating Nevaeh Clarkson 6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 8-11 and 11-7 in the Girls U-18 final.