-Jamaica and St Lucia win U-11 Boys and U-13 Boys team finals

GUYANA’S U-13 Girls romped to a team victory on day-three of the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Mini and Pre-Cadet Championship, which is currently underway at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown.

Guyana’s male teams also finished at the podium, but they had to settle for bronze and silver medals respectively in the team events of the U-11 Boys and the U-13 Boys.

Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-1 in the U-11 final, with Guyana 1 and Guyana 2 settling for joint third.

Guyana 1 fared better in the U-13 Boys team final, but they ended up losing a heartbreaker to St Lucia 2-3 in the championship battle.

St Lucia’s Leshon Francis started the final with a 3-1 come-from-behind win against Ebo McNeil (7-11, 11-7, 11-3 and 11-9) before Guyana’s Malachi Moore drew the game even with a 3-1 win (11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9) against Manie Eleuthere.

Guyana went ahead in the partner battle 3-0 (11-7, 14-12 and 11-6) between McNeil and Moore against Francis and Eleuthere, but the singles proved their downfall.

Francis got the better of Moore 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 3-11, 13-11), before McNeil lost to Eleuthere 10-12, 6-11 and 7-11.

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 1 settled for joint third.

In the Girls U-13 team battle, Guyana 1 defeated Jamaica by a score of 3-1. The country’s top junior female player, Jasmine Billingy was able to surge to a 3-0 win (11-7, 11-6 and 11-5) against Kayan Denton, while Samara Sukhai went down to Keeara Whyte 0-3 (8-11, 8-11 and 4-11).

In the partner battle, Billingy and Sukhai were able to defeat Denton and Whyte (11-8, 9-11, 11-8 and 11-5) before Billingy sealed the win with a 3-0 victory (11-7, 11-9 and 11-9) against Whythe.

In the semi-finals, Guyana 1 defeated Guyana 2 by a score of 3-0. Billingy had gotten past Akira Watson in a tough 3-2 battle (11-8, 11-9, 13-15, 7-11 and 11-8), while Sukhai defeated Seona Barker 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 15-13) before they combined to beat Watson and Barker 3-0 (11-2, 11-7 and 11-7) in the partner battle.

Jamaica defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-1 in the other semis. Both Guyana 2 and Trinidad and Tobago finished joint third.

The competition is expected to continue tomorrow and conclude on Wednesday.