TYRESE Jeffrey and Priyanna Ramdhani were both successful in their respective under-17 finals of the Guyana Badminton Association/Banks DIH Aqua Mist/Powerade 2017 Christmas championships which was played on Saturday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

According to a release from the Association, Jeffrey defeated Akili Haynes: 14-21, 21-17, 21-14 to take the boys under-17 title, while Ramdhani beat Sache Parmanand in straight sets 21-3, 21-1.

On the same day (Saturday), the association ran off the boys’ and girls’ under-11 and under competition. In the boys under-11 division, Jonathan Debidin defeated Avinash Ramnarine: 21-10, 21-7 to take the title, while Moshka Beharry defeated Gianna Ramnarine: 21-4, 21-3 to win the girls’ under-11 title.
In the Boys’ singles under-15 final, Matthew Beharry defeated Vikash Mootoo: 21-10, 21-14 to win the title, while on the distaff side, Jayde DaSilva defeated Lesha Singh: 21-5, 21-8 to capture the title.

The tournament culminated yesterday at the same venue with playoffs in the Open Men’s Singles Semi-Finals and finals as well as the ladies Open finals.
The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done at the end of the tournament.
See results of those finals in tomorrow’s edition.