..GBA President proud of her team’s performance

GUYANA stormed into multiple semi-finals at the four-day Caribbean (CAREBACO) Junior Badminton tournament in Aruba which climaxed on Sunday with the Girls U-19 Doubles where Guyanese Leshaunte Berkley and Gabrielle Felix lost to T&T’s Danyelle Barnes and Samna Guruia, 11-21, 12-21 in the round robin format.
President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Emily Ramdhani told the Chronicle Sports she was pleased with theteam’s performance.
“Last year when we came out to CAREBACO after a while since 2019, Priyanka (Ramdhani) medalled and was the triple Champion in Barbados.

Then last year we had one medal and this year we won eight Bronze medals. I am very proud of these kids, they worked hard and trained hard to get here.” Informed Ramdhani.
The GBA Head said the biggest problem is getting sponsorship.
“Many of the parents had to pay their way to get here but with the help of the help of parents and friends, we were able to make it to the tournament…along with assistance from the NSC.
Before the tournament, we had all of our hopes in the U-11s but unfortunately, they did not make it to the podium…the same ones that medalled in Surname. But it’s not that they did not play well, it’s just that they got the hard side of the draw.
They played to their best and they are grateful for the experience they had and we in the GBA are appreciative that we came out and got the experience of playing here.
CARIBACO is like the pathway to all the other tournaments they will have in their career if they continue to play. We got four medals from the U-19 players which we did not expect to get so many and we are grateful” continued Ramdhani.
The mother of Guyana’s two best Badminton players Ramdhani disclosed that Mishka Beharry got Bronze in her Under-17 singles while Ethon Bulkan got Bronze in the singles in the Under-13. Girls Doubles Under 11: Anjaneysa Godette and Riyo Alexander moved forward into the Semi-Finals.
Boys Singles Under 13: Ethan Bulkan won his match against Aruba, 21-5, 21-6 to move forward to the Quarter Finals. He then won his match against Trinidad, 21-18, 22-20 and achieved a spot in the Semi-Finals (Medal Round).
Girls Singles Under 17: Mishka Beharry won her match against Trinidad, 21-19, 21-12 to move forward to the Quarter Finals. She then won her match against another player from Trinidad, 21-18, 9-21, 21-10 and achieved a spot in the Semi-Finals.
Boys Doubles Under 19: Frank Waddell and Xavio Alexander won their match against Aruba, 21-16, 21-19 to advance to the Semi-Finals.
“They both played well and fought hard to get so far while Frank Wadell and David Alexander did their best and played hard to get into the medal round and we are very proud of them” concluded Ramdhani.
Guyana were scheduled to return home yesterday.