Chetram, Beaton come out on top
ANEESA Chetram and Delon Beaton emerged as the novice champions in the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) National Novice, Master’s Over 50 and Handicap Open Table Tennis championship.
Sunday’s tournament also saw Malachi Moore clinching the handicap open title and Xenophon Goliah snagging the masters category.
In the novice girl’s category featuring players out of the association’s nursery, Annandale Secondary’s Aneesa Chetram was victorious over Chrisleyann Richards for the title.
Chetram’s win came via a 2-0 margin with Ashanti Paul of Plaisance Secondary finishing third after overcoming Chelsea Benjamin.
Meanwhile, Beaton was the top boy’s novice player out of the 10 racquet wheelers competing in the male division.
In the final, when he faced off against Hervin D’Agular, he claimed the first two sets 11-9 and 11-9 before surrendering 4-11 in the third.
Beaton came back to win the fourth 11-7 to close out the match-up.
Joint third place went to Alexander Zhang and Ravindra Rikee.
The tournament also saw heated action in the Handicap Open final as Malachi Moore with a handicap -4 tackled Kristian Sahadeo with a handicap -5.
Moore came out the blocks strong to win the opening set 11-9 before losing the second set 5-11.
Moore then claimed the third set 14-12 but Sahadeo evened things up again with an 8-11 finish in the fourth set.
Moore would prove he wanted it more to finish well, winning the final set 13-11 for a 3-2 result.
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The Master over 50 saw the emergence of Xenophon Goliah who had to battle it out in a round robin final with Remy Taitt, Marlon Washington, Bruce Murray and Roger MeLenon.
Goliah came out on top after four wins for the master’s crown.
He defeated Remy Taitt 3-0, Marlon Washington 3-0, Bruce Murray 3-2 and Roger MeLenon 3-0.
Remy Taitt grabbed second place after win over defeated Washington 3-0, Murray 3-0, and McLenon 3-2.
