Caribbean senior table tennis championships…

ONE of Guyana’s top male table tennis players Shamar Britton again showed glimpses of his brilliance in the men singles category of the Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Britton’s ‘Razzle Dazzle’ on Sunday morning earned a 4-1 win over Dominican Republic’s Isaac Vila.

He played impressively to win the first two sets 11-8, 11-7 but was pushed hard in the third.

He clinched the third set 12-10 before Vilal switched the momentum to take the fourth 11-4.

Britton stormed back to claim the fifth set in the seven-set affair.

However, it was in the quarter finals later on Sunday that Britton had his sternest test against Cuban Olympic player Jorge Campos.

The Guyanese put up a fight, but was outclassed in straight sets 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 and 11-6 to surrender the quarter-final clash.

The women singles saw Natalie Cummings losing to Brianna Burgos 4-0 in her round of 16 match to miss a chance to reach the quarter final.

Guyana finished their campaign with bronze medals in the mixed doubles, men and women teams’ events.

Mixed doubles

The Guyanese pair of Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill defeated Barbados pair Mark Dowell and Kenady King 3 sets to 1 to reach the quarter finals.

In the quarter finals they got the better of Dominican Republic’s Rafael Cabrera and Eva Britton 3 sets to 2, to book a place in the medal round.

The Guyanese mixed doubles pair had no answer for Cuban pair Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca in the semi-finals as they lost in straight sets 3-0.

Women’s doubles

Chelsea Edghill and Natalie Cummings won their round-of-16 match-up against the Dominican Republic’s Yesmeily Guerrero and Cinthia Pena 3-0 to reach the quarter finals.

In the quarter finals, they went down to Puerto Rico Rosalba Aguiar and Karl Perez 3-2 to end their campaign with a bronze medal.

Jasmine Billingy and Thuraia Thomas lost in straight sets in their round-of-16 clash with Puerto Rico’s Edmarie Leon and Alondra Rodriguez.

Men’s doubles

Shemar Britton and Elishaba Johnson got a bye in the round of 32 before stopping Jamaica pair of Rohan Lewis and Odingo Mitchell in straight sets 3-0.

In the quarter-final battle that ensued, Johnson and Britton coming up against the Dominican Republic’s men’s doubles team Eduardo Darley and Samuel Galvez.

Joel Alleyne and Niran Bissu lost 3-2 in the round of 32 to St Lucia pair DeAndre Calderon and Dawitt Nurse.

Earlier in the competition, the Guyana men’s team made up of Britton, Johnson, Niran Bissau and Joel Alleyne beat Barbados in the quarter final 3-1, before going down to Cuba in the semis 3-0.

The women also earned a place in the semi-finals, facing off against Cuba, but went down 3-0.

The women’s team was led by Chelsea Edghill and included Natalie Cumming, Thuraia Thomas and Jasmine Billingy.