Guyana men’s team dominate Aruba to advance In Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championship
Olympic prospect Shemar Britton competing for
Guyana:
Olympic prospect Shemar Britton competing for Guyana:

GUYANA’S men table tennis team made up of Elisheba Johnson, Shemar Britton, Joel Alleyne and Niran Bissu have booked their place in the quarter final segment of the annual Caribbean Senior Championship being played in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Britton was the top player, stopping Shaofeng Xie in straight sets in 11-7, 11-5 and 11-2
He also overcame Ruddy Raga 11-6, 11-4 and 12-10
Alleyne had a hard fought loss to Raga, going down in the final of the five-game set for a 3-2 defeat.

Elishaba Johnson also won his match against Bryan Lopes 11-2, 11-9 and 11- 5 .
The other member of the team is Niran Bissu.

The men served off their competition on Tuesday with a 3-0 defeat to Puerto Rico after all three local players lost their matches
The women’s team on the other hand dominated regional rivals Barbados with Chelsea Edghill, Natalie Cummings and Jasmine Billingy picking up straight sets victory.

On the opening day the ladies also went down to Puerto Rico despite Olympian Chelsea Edghill beating Fabiola Diaz.
Natalie Cummings and Thuraia Thomas suffered loss in their matches.
Edghil losing her second game to top Olympic rival Brianna Burgos as the team loss 3 set to 1.

 

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