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CAREBACO U-19 Team Championships… Guyana place 3rd in 7 nation tournament
Guyana’s Under-19 Badminton team that participated in the CAREBACO Championships. From right, Priyanna Ramdhani, Tyrese Jeffery, Gokarn Ramdhani (Coach), Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra.
Guyana ended third in the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Under-19 Team Championships which concluded on Wednesday after serving off on Monday last at Club Los Prados in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The young Guyanese defeated Puerto Rico 3-1 to take third in the Group Playoff. In the Boys Singles, Jonathan Mangra defeated Luis Perex 21-9, 21-12. The Girls Singles saw Priyanna Ramdhani going down to Genesis Valentin 17-21, 14-21.
In the Boys Doubles: Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra combined to take care of business against Luis Perex and Joshua Soler 21-17, 21-13. In the deciding match, the Mixed Doubles, the Randhani siblings, Narayan and Priyanna prevailed in a three setter turning back the challenge of Puerto Rico’s Joshua Soler and Genesis Valentina 21-10, 21-23, 21-12.
In the other matches Guyana played they lost to Barbados 2-3 and Trinidad & Tobago, 1-2.
Following are those results: Guyana 2 Barbados 3
Boys Singles: Narayan Ramdhani defeated Shae Martin: 21-11, 21-12.
Girls Singles: Priyanna Ramdhani lost to Amanda Haywood: 10-21, 12-21.
Mix Doubles: Jonathan Mangra and Priyanna Ramdhani lost to Shae Martin and Amanda Haywood: 19-21, 18-21.
Guyana 1 Trinidad and Tobago 2
Boys Singles: Narayan Ramdhani defeated Adrian Nicholson: 21-18, 21-14.
Girls singles: Priyanna Ramdhani lost to Jada Renales: 18-21, 18-21.
Boys Doubles: Jonathan Mangra and Tyrese Jeffery lost to Will Lee and Adrian Nicholson: 21-10, 21-11.
The Countries taking part in the Team Championships were the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Panama, Trinidad, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Guyana.
Attention has turned to the CAREBACO Individual Championships which commenced yesterday and will see competition in the Under-15, 17 and 19 categories in the following events, Girls Singles, Boys Singles, Girls Doubles, Boys Doubles and Mix Doubles.
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