Trinidadians, Andreus Abraham-Pantin, Savresh Mungal and Arun Roopnarine beat Guyana 3-1 and Suriname 3-0 in the Under-18 teams’ competition when the Caribbean Junior Table Tennis Championships served off at Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
In the other fixtures in the group, Curacao edged Suriname 3-2, but was whipped 3-0 by the Guyanese. Title favourites, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico finished first and second respectively in Group B to book their places in the last four. Dominican Republic outclassed Barbados and T&T ‘B’ 3-0 and were 3-1 winners over the Puerto Ricans, who crushed both Barbados and T&T ‘B’ 3-0.
The girls’ equivalent draw is a straight round-robin with five teams. The other teams involved are Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Guyana. The under-15 girls’ event is also a straight round-robin draw and also involved are Dominican Republic, Guyana, Puerto Rico and T&T ‘B.’
The boys’ under-15 competition served off Wednesday night and the team events concluded last night while the doubles will take place tomorrow and the singles will be contested on Saturday and Sunday.