Guyana’s U-18 Girls, U-15 Boys bags silver medals at Caribbean TT Championships

Apr 18, 2017 Sports

Guyana was second best over the past three days in the Teams’ and Doubles Competition with a number of silver medals at the Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships, which continues today at the Cliff

Guyana’s Priscilla Greaves and Jamaali Homer (left) battle the Dominican Republic on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships.

Anderson Sports Hall.
In the Doubles Competition, Guyana’s Under-18 Girls played good enough tennis throughout the competition for second place behind the dominant table tennis-playing nation of The Dominican Republic, which is mopping up everything.
Priscilla Greaves and Jamaali Homer fell 3-0 to the duo of Cinthia Sanchez and Esmerlyn Castro from The Dominican Republic. Guyana’s U-15 Boys, Jamal Nickolus and Terrence Rausch also captured a silver medal when they lost to Barbadians, Ramon Maxwell and Reshon Goddard.
The Guyanese boys looked well on stream for the country’s first title after winning their first set 11-9, however, the Guyanese let the game slide when they surrendered the next three sets to gift-wrap the title for the ‘Bajans’.
In the teams’ competition, Guyana served up a silver medal in the Girls’ Under-15 category after they finished on three points, while the Dominican Republic took gold after finishing on four points and Jamaica third on two points.
The Boys’ U-15 team that featured Kaysan Ninvalle finished with a bronze medal after defeating

Guyana’s U-15 Boys, Jamal Nickolus and Terrence Rausch (left) en-route to their silver medal performance at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday.

Jamaica 3-1 in the third place play-off.
The Dominican Republic has dominated the Championships, winning gold medals in all the team events, which includes the U-18 Boys and Girls and the Under-15 Boys and Girls. The top tennis playing nation also won gold and silver medals in the Girls’ U-15 Doubles, while they also claimed gold and silver in the U-15 Mixed Doubles.
The tournament continues today.