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Luis Ramirez-Merlano and Shondell Hyles triumphant at Darts Tournament
Some of the winners from the left Back row: M. Correia, S. Fenty, N. De Caries, T. Joseph, V. Chandro, Second row: L. Rambharose, J. Holligan, A. Lallchan, S. Hyles and L. Ramirez-Merlano at front.
Mr. Ramirez-Merlano came out unbeaten at last Sunday’s Darts tournament which was held at the Safari Inn Hotel that was co-sponsored by Mr. Ramirez-Merlano himself and Ms. Ruth Avilar.
The games started with the Women’s Singles where Ms. Shondell Hyles was crowned champion from a round robin knockout and Ms. Mary Correia following her with second place. Ms. Hyles also managed to take away the most 100’s for the female category. Ms. Victorine Chandro secured the highest checkout of 116 points for the entire tournament.
In the Men’s Singles Mr. Ramirez-Merlano came out victorious without losing a single leg in this category. He started off in the first round with a BYE where he met up with Mr. A. Damon, defeating him 3/0 and moving on to play Mr. Anil Lachman in the Semi-Final and again defeating him 3/0. He then went on to play National Champion Mr. Sudesh Fitzgerald who defeated S. Greene in his Semi-Finals.
Mr. Ramirez-Merlano managed to defeat Mr. Fitzgerald 4/0, without losing a single leg to him. However, Mr. Fitzgerald managed to take home the most 180’s and shortest game incentives; scoring one 180 and a 17 darts finish.
And finally in the Luck of the Draw Doubles category, Mr. Ramirez-Merlano and Mr. S. Fenty teamed up and defeated Mr. J. Holligan and N. De Caries (newest member) in the finals 2/0.
Mr. Ramirez-Merlano mentioned that it was a great night of Darts. However, he was disappointed that the youth tournament was not played due to poor participation. Nevertheless, this is a category he will continue to place high emphasis on to encourage participation of youths. He congratulated all the winners and thanked everyone who made a special effort to come out and make the tournament successful.
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