THE 2022 Inter-Guiana Games continued yesterday at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and the National Gymnasium where the local athletes were victorious in Table Tennis but fell prey to the Dutch nation in Badminton.
At Mandela Avenue, Guyana won the Table Tennis 7-1 in the first to seven matchups that gave the spectators, which included national player Chelsea Edghill, much to cheer about.
In the first game, Colin Wong defeated Bipat Shariq 3-1 in the boys’ singles while Jasmine Billingy got the better of Maria Kanhai 3-0 in the girls’ singles. Saalih Rahim and Billingy then made light work of the Surinamese in the mixed doubles 3-0.
McNeil Ebo fell 3-2 to Shariq in Guyana’s only loss of the day.
Samara Sukhai continued the enterprising wins for Guyana with another 3-0 win in the girls’ singles before Seona Barker and Shackecy Damon brought the local side within one win of victory with a 3-1 triump in the girls’ doubles.
Saalih Rahim finished up proceedings with a comfortbale 3-0 win against Bipat Shariq in the eighth game of the day.
However, in Badminton, the young Guyanese suffered a 10-1 loss to the Surinamese.
The competition closes tonight at CASH.