Caribbean Youth Table Tennis Championship…

THE nation’s Under-19 boys team clinched a bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals of the team event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The team, which is led by top junior Jonathan Van Lange and includes Colin Wong, Krystian Sahadeo and Umar Percival, showed their skills to come away with a medal for their country.

In the quarter finals, Guyana overcame Trinidad and Tobago, 3-1, but could not see off the challenge of host Dominican Republic, who stopped the Guyanese, 3-1.

Guyana had beaten Grenada in straight sets to qualify from the group stages as the best second-place team into the quarter finals.

Meanwhile, in the U-5 girls team category, the quartet of Jasmine Billingy, Samara Sukhai and Akira Watson battled hard to guide their team to a bronze-medal finish.

The young ladies faced a strong five-team group, which included Puerto Rico, hosts Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.

They won their matches against Caribbean counterparts Jamaica, 3-0, and the ‘Trinis’, 3-1, to secure the third spot after losing to Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic in straight sets.

The country’s youth teams will now battle it out in the singles, men and women doubles, and mixed doubles categories in the coming days.