The curtains came down on the Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) Mini Cadet, Cadet and Junior Team’s and Single’s Table Tennis Tournament sponsored by Digicel finally ended on Sunday with the singles segment.
Khalid Ninvalle, Miguel Wong and Kyle Edghill, won their respective age groups.
Ninvalle of Mae’s defeated Tyriq Saunders of Dolphin Secondary in the 13 years and under open final at 11-4, 11-6, and 11-3. Joint third place went to Amit Mookram of Marian Academy and Nicholas Romain of Central High.
In the 15 years and under open Round Robin finals, Miguel Wong of Mae’s played unbeaten. He defeated Kristie Lopes of Marian Academy 3-0, Clarence Baird of Queens College 3-0 and Priscilla Greaves of Marian Academy 3-0. Baird finished second after defeating Lopes 3-1 and Greaves 3-0. Greaves and lopes finished third and fourth respectively.
In the 18 years and under open round robin play off, there was a tie involving Kyle Edghill of Mae’s, Shemar Britton of Queens College and Elishaba Johnson of St. Stanislaus College. Edghill came on top with a 4-3 ratio (133%), Britton second with 3-3 ratio (100%) and Johnson third with 3-4 a (75%) ratio.
Edghill defeated Amar Ramlall of QC 3-0, Lloyd Anderson of QC 3-0, Alex Hopkinson of Mae’s 3-0, Sephron Dyal of GTI 3-0 and Britton 3-0 but lost to Johnson 1-3.
Britton defeated Anderson 3-0, Ramlall 3-0, Dyal 3-0, Hopkinson 3-1 and Johnson 3-0. Johnson defeated Anderson 3-0, Dyal 3-0, Edghill 3-1, Ramlall 3-0, and Hopkinson 3-1.
Meanwhile, Hopkinson finished fourth with (three wins and three losses), Dyal ended fifth with two wins and four loses. Ramlall placed sixth with a single victory and five losses, while Anderson ended seventh with six defeats.
This tournament attracted 18 schools namely, Mae’s School, Queen’s College, St Stanislaus College, Bishops’ High, Marian Academy, Central High, The Business School, St Rose High, Ash Educational Trust, Dolphin Secondary, Tutorial High, Government Technical Institute, West Demerara Secondary, St Pius Primary, New Guyana School, Berbice Multilateral, South Georgetown Secondary, St John College. Over 120 players participated.
