THE Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis League got off to a successful start on Saturday with competition in the B, C, D and E divisions.

The lone match in the B division, which had eight registrants and will be conducted as a round robin-style playoff, was between the Smiley Faces (Natalie Cummings and Remy Taitt) and the Snipers (Joel Alleyne and Hewley Griffith). The Smiley Faces won 3 games to 1.

The C division’s lone encounter was between Gaza (Chelsea Edghill, Jamaal Duff and Sunil Logan) and N&D (Akecia Need and Denzel Duff) Gaza emerged as the victors beating N&D 3-0.

The E division will also be conducted as a round robin-style playoff and three matches were played in this category on the first day. Dragon Warriors (Elishaba Johnson and Allistair Parks) defeated Eagles (Raymond Seebarran, Gerard Budhan and Shannan Ganga) 3-0.

Turbo TT (Brandon Gomes and Sachin Panday) won their match with the Golden Girls (Olivia Weeks, Anna Joao and Jamaali Holder) 3-0, Top Spin (Carl Handy and Zane Rogers) won the final encounter in this category. They beat KRS (Kyle Edghill, Rajiv Muneshwar and Stefan Corlette) 3-1.

Division D, the category that involves Business Entities, Corporations and Government Agencies, saw two matches in which Nigel’s Supermarket (Christopher Franklin and Joseph Johnson) won frrom NP Electronics (Michael Vieira and Andre Lopes), the final score was 3-1.

In the other contest Western Union (Roger Jackman, Hewley Griffith and Lisa Lewis) beat the team from Bank of Guyana (Imran Khan, Carlyle Bowman and Leonardo Butcher) 3 games to none.
Play continues this Saturday at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands