THE Edghill siblings, Kyle and Chelsea, along with Jeremy Singh and Colin Wong, shared the honours at the National Sports Commission (NSC) Annual Table Tennis Tournament which was played over a three-day period at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall over the weekend.
Playing in the boys doubles final, Kyle Edghill teamed up with Singh and defeated the Tyriq Saunders/Nicholus Remain pair at 12-10, 17-15, 14-12(3-0), The joint third place went to Alec Hopkinson/Miguel Wong and Sheldon Atherly/Anil Jonas.
In the girls’ doubles semi-final Chelsea Edghill/Kristie Lopes overwhelmed Aneka Phillips/Simran Bissu at 11-4, 11-4, 11-7(3-0) and Davonna Bess/Selenas Jackman lost to Priscilla Greaves/ Jamaali Homer at 11-7, 13-11, 11-6(3-0).
On Friday, Wong defeated Krystian Sahadeo 11-5, 11-4, 11-6(3-0) to win the nine years and under age group, while Dhanesh Persaud and Christopher Shepperd were declared the joint third-place winners.
In the 18 years-and-under boys’ semifinals Kyle Edghill defeated Miguel Wong 11-9, 8-11, 11-8. 11-7(3-1) and Alec Hopkinson defeated Jeremy Singh at 11-7, 11-6, 12-10(3-0).
In the quarter-final round, Edghill defeated Sheldon Atherly, Yoga lost to Wong, Singh beat Terrence Rausch and Vincente Henery lost to Hopkinson.
On Sunday, Kyle and Chelsea Edghill teamed up for the mixed doubles Junior semifinals and they defeated Alec Hopkinson/Priscilla Greaves at 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6(3-1).
On Saturday, Deandre Gordon defeated Brad Reynolds at 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 (3-0) to cop the novice title, while the joint third place was shared by Odit Rodrigues and Baoxiana Liu.
In the semi-final, Reynolds got the better of Rodrigues at 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7(3-1) and Gordon overcame Liu at 7-11, 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9 (3-2) and in the quarter-finals, Reynolds defeated Meshach Hurtson, Jonathan Stephney lost to Odit Rodrigues, Ethan Lee lost to Gordon and Liu defeated Robby Persaud.
The tournament will continue this Sunday at the same venue from 10:00hrs with play in the men’s and women’s singles, then the finals in the 15 years-and-under boys (Wong against Singh) and girls (Lopes against Jackman); 18 years-and-under boys (Kyle Edghill against Hopkinson) and girls (Chelsea Edghill against Greaves); 21 years-and-under open (Johnson against Corlette), mixed doubles (Lopes/Johnson against Edghill/Edghill)l; girls doubles (Edghill/Lopes against Greaves/Homer) women’s and men’s (to be decided).