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Greer Jackson lone Guyanese winner on day one of Pan Am junior Badminton c/ships

Jul 30, 2011 Sports

The Pan American Junior Badminton Individual Championships started on Wednesday July 27 in Kingston, Jamaica at the National Indoor Sports Centre where over 16 countries are participating in Under-11,13,15,17 & 19 events which include Boys & Girls Singles, Doubles and Mix Doubles.
The Countries participating are: Guyana, Jamaica, Canada, USA, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Puerto Rico, and Ecuador.
Guyana had a tough opening day with only Greer Jackson securing victory. She defeated Chantal McLaren (JAM) 21-15, 22-20.
In results from the other matches:
Under-11 Boys Singles Round 1: Ajave Singh (GUY) lost to Dominic Howard (BAR): 21-14, 22-20, Jonathan Mangra (GUY) lost to Uriel Canjura (ESA): 21-2, 21-3
Under-15 Boys Singles Round 1: Jamel Ramsook (GUY) lost to Sean Wilson ((JAM): 21-0, 21-7, Narayan Ramdhani (GUY) lost to Ruben Castellanos (GUA): 21-9, 21-11
Under-15 Girls Singles Round 1: Varsha Boodram (GUY) lost to Christina Hastings (JAM): 1-9,20-22,21-8
Under-17 Boys Singles Round 2: Kevin Quaicoe (GUY) lost to Jose Amaral (BRA): 21-5,21-10
Under-17 Girls Singles Round 1: Greer Jackson (GUY) defeated Chantal McLaren (JAM): 21-15, 22-20
Under-19 Boys Singles Round 1: Christopher Persaud (GUY) lost to Dennis Coke (JAM): 21-12, 21-10
Under-19 Boys Singles Round 2: Avinash Odit (GUY) lost to Jeffrey Kuo(USA): 21-3, 21-7, Nicholas Ali(GUY) lost to No.2 Seed A. Mcnee (JAM): 21-16, 21-11
Under-19 Girls Singles Round 2: Tricia Ramjit (GUY) lost No.2 Seed L. Zornoza (PER): 21-0, 21-1
Guyana’s Team was sponsored by: Pritipaul Singh Investments, DaSilva Optical, C&V Shipping, Rent-A-Tent, North American Resources, Republic Bank Ltd, House of Optics, Industrial Safety Supplies, Noble House Seafoods Ltd, Toolsie Persaud Ltd, DIGICEL, Lance Hinds & Associates, Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services, Ogle Airport Inc, Guyana Olympic Association, National Sports Commission, Ministry of Youth, Culture & Sports, NCP Future-Ad, Paul Bram, Hand-in Hand, Bounty Farm, Wings Aviation Ltd, Ernesto Choo-A-Fat, Christopher Lawrence & Yonex Badminton Club.
Meanwhile, reports state that Guyana had better fortunes on the second day. Over 16 countries participated in the Under- 11,13,15,17 & 19 events, which include Boys & Girls Singles, Doubles and Mix Doubles.
Day Two Matches are as Follows:
Under-11 Boys Singles: Christopher Camacho (GUY) got a walk over to the Quarterfinals
Under-11 Girls Singles: Priyanna Ramdhani (GUY) lost to No.2 Seed Charisse Chow (USA): 21-14,21-6
Under-13 Boys Doubles: Jonathan Mangra/Ajave Singh (GUY) lost to No.3 Seed Bruno Barrueto/Diego Mini (PER): 21-12, 21-10
Under-15 Boys Doubles: Jamel Ramsook (GUY)/Diego Moralex (MEX) lost to No.3 Seed Nobre Dos Santos/Gabriel Salgado (BRA): 21-5, 21-8
Under-15 Boys Doubles: Narayan Ramdhani (GUY)/Daniel La Torre (PER) defeated Ruben Castellanos (GUA)/Joselito Sanchez(PUR): 21-18, 18-21, 11-21 to advance to the quarterfinals. Under-15 Girls Doubles: Varsha Boodram (GUY)/Yazmin Ramos (PUR) lost to No.3 Seed Jayme Carter/Danica Lau (CAN) : 21-8, 21-9
Under-17 Girls Singles Round 2: Greer Jackson (GUY) lost to Eileen Wong (CAN): 21-3, 21-4
Under-17 Girls Doubles: Greer Jackson (GUY)/Kristi Reno-Singh(TRI) lost to Jade Clarke/Katherine Wynter(JAM): 21-10, 21-15
Under-17 Mixed Doubles Round 2: Kevin Quaicoe/Greer Jackson (GUY) lost to Mac Lee/Kyleigh O’Donnoghue (CAN): 21-4, 21-5
Under-19 Boys Doubles: Nicholas Ali/Avinash Odit (GUY) lost to Rodrigo Gomex/Antonio Ocegueda (MEX): 21-10, 21-13
Under-19 Boys Doubles: Christopher Persaud/Kevin Quaicoe (GUY) lost to Jemarey Gordon/Gerald Isaacs (JAM): 21-8, 21-10
Under-19 Girls Doubles Round 2: Tricia Ramjit (GUY)/Cherri Fanus (BAR) lost to No.2 Seed Daneysha Santana/Genesis Valentin (PUR): 21-0, 21-1
Under-19 Mixed Doubles Round 2: Christopher Persaud/Tricia Ramjit (GUY) lost to Romone Robinson/Jozanne Suckie (JAM): 21-9, 21-11.

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