SHUTTLE Strikers Badminton Club were in top form when action in the One Guyana President Cup Badminton Games concluded at the National Gymnasium.
The tournament featured four 5-member teams battling in several categories over one day of competition in the boys and girls singles, boys and girls doubles and mixed doubles classes.
The teams were Court Conquerors, Terminetters, Black Panthers and Shuttle Strikers.

In the semi-finals Shuttle Strikers overcame Black Panthers 4 games to 1 to move on to the final.
In the boy singles, strikers Nikolas Pollard lost to Panther’s Jonathan Robinson 2 sets to 1.

Strikers Menikshi Jaikisson however won the girls singles over Malia Haley in straight sets 21-10 and 21-6 to keep them in the contest with both sides having won a class each.
In the boy’s doubles, Frank Waddell and Gabriel Felix beat the Panthers pair of Egan Bulkan and Ethan Bulkan to make it 2-1 in class victories for the Strikers.
Haley then teamed-up with Gabriel Felix of Black Panthers and they went up against strikers Mishka Beharry and Jaikisson and lost in the girls’ doubles.

Shuttle Strikers Waddell and Beharry then paired up to win the mixed doubles against Gabrielle Felix and Jonathan Robinson to take the class 4-1.
In the other semifinal, Court Conquerors lost to Terminetters 3 games to 2.

Conquerors won the boys and girls singles with wins for Jonathan Debidin and Genvieve Bookram.
However, the girls, boys and mixed doubles were won by Terminetters as they took the semi-final 3-2 to advance.

The finals only needed three games with Shuttle Strikers taking a clean sweep after winning the boys singles, girl’s singles and boy’s doubles to take the win 3-0.
Frank Waddell took the boys singles over Ruel Rambirchie 21-11 and 21-12 with Mishka Beharry claiming the girls singles 21-10 and 21-7.

Gabriel Felix and Nikolas Pollard came together to win the men’s doubles over Terminetters’ Avinash Ramnarine and Vishaul Gopaul in three sets.
The teams comprised of athletes who will be representing Guyana at the Carebaco Regional Tournament in Aruba next week.
The One Guyana President’s Cup tournament was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports and the National Sports Commission.