Mae’s A team led by Kaysan Ninvalle had an easy win over the Mae’s B team in the 11 years and under finals to cop the first title in this year’s Guyana Table Tennis Association Inter-School’s Table Tennis Tournament which began last Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The competition started Friday afternoon with play in the teams Under- 11 and Under- 18 categories, and continued yesterday in the Under- 13 and Under- 15 categories.
Mae’s also continued their dominance in the Under- 18 category opening with a win when Mae’s A, lead by Kyle Edghill, trounced the West Demerara A team 3 – 1.

In the Under- 11 category, Ninvalle disposed of Danesh Persaud 11-6, 15-14, 11-6, before Cole Dixon went up against Alexander DeAbru and won 3-2. Dixon won the first two sets 11-5, 11-4, but had a tough in the third set and went down 4 -11.
Good favour continued for DeAbru and he collected the other set 13 -11 before Dyon pulled things together and closed off the next set 11 -8.

Already winning the first two matches Mae’s A needed just one more win and they got it when Kaysan and Wong teamed up to defeat Sahadeo and DeAbru in straight sets 11-6, 11-1, 11-2.

Yesterday’s continuation of the event got off to a late start due to electricity outage, leaving the Under- 13, Under- 15, and Under- 18 finals still to be contested. These matches are set to conclude today.

Events started off with the opening ceremony that was attended by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, who bestowed words of encouragement to the participants.
As the competition got underway yesterday, Mae’s continued to dominate in all of the age categories.
In the 13 and under category the Mae’s A team made it’s way into the finals where they will next take on the Central High team.
Contesting against Marian Academy and Ash Educational Trust, Mae’s A recorded straight set wins against both opponents to move into the next round of the competition.
The team comprised Khalil Ninvalle and Cristian Alexander. Against Marian Academy, Alexandar took on Ramesh Bhookmohan and won 3-1, while Ninvalle played against Brittany Bunbury and won straight sets. In the doubles match, Ninvalle and Alexander made quick work of Bunbury and Bhookmohan in straight sets.

Central High made it into the finals after getting pass Mae’s B and Marian Academy A teams. However, it was not all wins for the Central team of Jamal Nicholas, Nicholous Romain, Khalika Felix and Sarah Sanmoogan, which suffered a lost against Tutorial High.

In the under 15 category, Mae’s dominated once again. Mae’s B won straight sets against Queen’s College B and Marian Academy B teams.

The competition is set to come to an end today with the completion of the team matches as well as the singles category. The annual competition which has continued to grow over the years, this year saw the participation of 14 schools from all across Guyana.