NP Electronics cop GTTA Inter-Organisation title

May 07, 2013 Sports

– Stabroek News’ Duff wins Singles accolade

NP Electronics won the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Teams’ title, while Stabroek News’ Donald Duff claimed the Singles accolade yesterday when the competition continued at the National Gymnasium.
NP Electronics won 3-2 against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ‘A’ team, while Duff defeated GDF’s Rhono Joseph 11-6, 10-12, 11-6 and 11-2 for the Singles title.

NP Electronics’ Michael Vieira and Xen Goliah (right) in action against GDF at the National Gymnasium in the GTTA Inter-Organisation tournament.

The team competition consisted of two singles matches, a doubles encounter along with two more singles games if required. NP Electronics dominated the two singles encounters against GDF with Xen Goliah defeating Devon Richmond of GDF 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 6-11 and 13-11 in a match that went down to the wire.
Veteran campaigner, Michael Vieira of NP Electronics displayed his experience with an array of shots against GDF’s Rhono Joseph to win 16-14, 11-9 and 12-10 in the second singles match of the team’s final.
However, Goliah and Vieira faltered in the doubles competition of the final, losing 5-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-7 and 11-6. Richmond then leveled the series with a commanding 11-2, 8-11, 12-10 and 11-6 victory against Vieira.
In the final and deciding series, Joseph came from behind to tie the singles match-up, but failed in the fifth set 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 12-14 and 11-4 against Goliah.