Guyana secured a total eight medals at the just concluded Caribbean Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) in Dominican Republic over last weekend.
The 8 medals included 2-Gold, 1-Silver & 5 Bronze as the Guyanese turned in a commendable showing at these championships.
Winning medals were: Priyanna Ramdhani – with gold in the singles, gold in the doubles and silver in the mixed doubles. Narayan Ramdhani took bronze – singles, bronze – doubles; Cindy Sookwah took bronze – doubles, bronze – mixed doubles and Omari Joseph bronze – doubles.
Members of team Guyana display their medals won at the championships.
Seven countries took part in the event, namely: Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname, Puerto Rico, & Dominican Republic.
The following results on Day four are as follows:
Under-15 Boys Doubles Semi-Finals:
Narayan Ramdhani & Omari Joseph lost to Cesar Brito & Argenis Marinez of Dominican Republic: 21-11, 21-14
Under-13 Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals:
Cindy Sookwah & Reid Rhys of Jamaica lost to Danny German & Yasiris Rodrigues of Dominican Republic: 21-11, 21-8
Under-11 Mixed Doubles Finals:
Priyanna Ramdhani & Adam Taylor of Jamaica lost to Zane Reid & Shezelle Mctyson of Jamaica: 22-20, 21-17
Under-11 Girls Singles Finals:
Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Shezelle Mctyson of Jamaica: 21-14, 21-11. The presentation of prizes was done just after the last final.