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GTTA/NSC Independence Table Tennis C/ships…Britton wins two titles; Greaves, Nedd, Wong also triumph
Queens College student and Malteenoes Sports Club racquet wielder, Shemar Britton secured the Boys’ Under-15 and Under-18 titles when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence tournament continued at the National Gymnasium.
Shemar Britton
Britton won the U-15 title from Kyle Edghill, while Scott Garraway and Elishaba Johnson placed joint third; he then won an U-18 accolade from David Duncan with Johnson and Garraway again placing joint third in the category.
Miguel Wong claimed the Boys’ U-13 title from Terrence Rausch while U-11 Boys winner, Tyriq Saunders was joint third with Sandor Kanhai. Meanwhile, Priscilla Greaves defeated Girls’ U-13 winner, Nevaeh Clarkston for the U-15 title. Anna Joao and Simran Bissu placed joint third in an evenly contested group.
However, Greaves fell to Akeicia Nedd in the Under-18 Girls competition, while Joao and Clarkston were joint third place winners.
Johnson and Duncan teamed up to win the Junior Boys Doubles title from an Edghill and Britton pair, while K. Corbin and K. McKenzie were adjudged joint third with R. Miller and Garraway. It was Nedd who teamed up with Greaves to win the Junior Girls Doubles title from Joao and Todd while Clarskton and Bissu placed third.
In the Mixed Doubles competition, Nedd teamed up with A. Hopkinson to win ahead of Greaves and Wong. Joao and D. Persaud and J. Todd and Corbin placed joint third.
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