Britton captures three titles at Senior National Table Tennis Championship
Shemar Britton after his singles win
Shemar Britton after his singles win

GUYANA and top regional table tennis player Shemar Britton has had a historic sojourn at this year’s Senior National Table Tennis championship.
Britton captured the men’s singles on Sunday after already taking home the men’s doubles and mixed- doubles titles a day earlier at National Gymnasium.
In the men’ singles after the quarter- final stage where Britton beat Travis

Van Lange and Britton

Lyken, he played a round robin final against 8 other top players and lived up to the hype.
He battled the likes of Nigel Brayan, Krystian Sahadeo, Niran Bissu, Elishaba Johnson, Joel Alleyne, Orin Hickerson and Jonathan Van Lange.
Britton would emerge victorious playing undefeated against all contenders to take his first title.

Second place went to Elishaba Johnson with Van Lange Third. In the mix doubles, he teamed up with two time Olympian Chelsea Edghill to successfully defend their mixed- doubles title on Saturday.

Edghill who was a doubt for the competition, came out strong to help Britton defend their crown.
They got first round bye before overcoming Jaden Trotman and Cassidy Singh 3-0 in the quarter finals.
They then faced off against Nevaeh Clarkson and Colin France who they dispatched as well in straight sets 3-0 in the semis.
In the final they battled Samara Sukhai and Colin Wong.

They won the first and second sets 11-7, 11-4 but the duo of Wong and Sukhai found another gear to claim the third set 11-1 in a strong showing.
Edghill and Britton settle down to comfortable close out the four sets to take the best of five game and the mix doubles title 3-1.
Britton again delivered in the men’s doubles after teaming up with Jonathan Van Lange, the duo clinched the title.

Britton and Edghill

The pair after getting a bye in the first round they won their quarter finals by beating Jaden Trotman and Travis Lyken in straight sets.
The semifinals saw them battling against Colin Wong and Malachi Moore who they defeated 3-0.
In the ensuing final they were pitted against Elisheba Johnson and Niron Bissu.

They won the first two sets 11-4 and 12-10 but could not hold off Johnson and Bissu who claimed the third to force a fourth set in a best of 5 finals.
However Britton and Van Lange would find their composure to take a tough fourth set 14-12 and the title 3 sets to 1.

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