– Franklin, Edghill and Lowe cop singles bronze

GUYANA’S national men’s champion, Christopher Franklin, along with Chelsea Edghill and Trenace Lowe captured individual bronze medals in the singles category of the 60th edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Federation (CTTF) Senior Championships.

The event concluded on Saturday evening  in Jamaica.

The trio added to Guyana’s medal and trophy haul with creditable performances.

They battled to reach the semi-finals of the championship but were all defeated at that stage.

Franklin was sent packing by Samuel Galvez of The Dominican Republic in a five setter (9 -11, 10-12, 9-11, 5-11) to end his surprise run which landed him a well-deserved bronze medal.

Meanwhile, Edghill lost to Eva Brito of The Dominican Republic in straight sets of 9-11, 3-11, 6-11 and 2-11, as she collected her second bronze of the championship to go along with her women’s under-21 gold medal.

The Dominicans continued to kill Guyana’s dreams with eventual winner of the female competition, Yasiris Ortiz, defeating Trenace Lowe in the other semi-final by a narrow 3-4 margin.

Ortiz took the first set 11-4, before Lowe struck back to win the second 14-12.

Ortiz then collected the next two set 11-5, 11-4, as Lowe took to it three games apiece by winning the 5th and 6th sets 11-8, 11-5, before she missed out on a shot at gold by dropping the close final set 11-13 to the eventual champion.