GUYANA’S U-13 Boys’ team demolished their Jamaican counterparts on Monday in the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Mini and Pre-Cadet Championships being held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to finish fifth out of eight countries.

Kaysan Ninvalle was first up for Guyana when he faced Joel Butler whom he duly dispatched in straight sets of 11-9, 12-10, 11-5. Jonathan Van Lange was up next for Guyana and came out on top after a thrilling five-setter against Dujuan Jackson. The scores read 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 13-11.

Krystian Sahadeo then sealed the deal for the Guyanese in another five-setter when he beat Andre Richardson 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 14-12.
The 3-0 victory over the Jamaicans meant that Guyana finished fifth out of the eight participating countries.

The U-13 team competition was won by the Dominican Republic’s ‘A’ Team who defeated St Lucia 3-2 in the final.
Meanwhile, the Guyana U-13 Girls won one of their remaining two round-robin games to finish fifth out of six countries. In their first encounter, they faced Dominican Republic ‘A’ and lost 3-1 to the hosts.

Thuraia Thomas faced Flor Mateo and beat her in sets of 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 while Nkechi McRae lost in straight sets of 4-11, 3-11, 5-11 to Cinthia Pena.
The Dominicans then took the next two games as Deja Datt and Thomas lost to Rosanni Ortega and Pena in sets of 2-11, 2-11, 7-11, 11-13 and 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 6-11.

However, they bounced back to win the second and final encounter of the round-robin stage when they beat the host nation’s ‘B’ team.
Nkechi McRae took a five-setter defeating Skarla Santos 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11 while Thomas defeated Vianna Garcy 2-11, 8-11, 15-17.

Deja then lost Shanel Mota (11-8, 11-7, 11-7) before Thomas wrapped up proceedings by beating Santos in sets of 12-10, 12-10, 11-5.
The U-11 Boys finished fourth out of the six participating teams as the Dominican Republic’s ‘A’ team finished top of the table.