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Roopnarine, Joseph take Youth Festival title

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

 

National senior table-tennis team newcomers, Arun Roopnarine and Brittany continued their rich vein of form by capturing the Ministry of Sports Youth Festival titles at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Tacarigua, on Saturday. In the boys’ Under-20 final, the 14-year-old  Roopnarine swept past Davone Joseph 11-3, 11-3, 11-6. This after Roopnarine beat David Gilkes 11-0, 11-4, 11-5 and Joseph ousted Yasin Siddiq Ramsingh 9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 in the semifinals.
 
Ramsingh had some redemption thought, beating Gilkes 11-7, 8-11, 3-11, 15-13, 11-6 for third. Joseph, 14, who last month won the national women’s singles title had much more of a fight in the girls Under-20 decider before she secured an 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11, 11-9 victory over fellow senior national women’s team player Ashley Quashie.
 
In the semifinals, Joseph stopped Renuka Sitram 11-9, 11-3, 12-10 and Quashie beat Ambika Sitram 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6. And in the third place match, encounter overwhelmed Renuka 11-8, 11-7, 3-11, 11-9. Both Roopnarine and Joseph represent T&T at the 54th  Senior Caribbean Table-Tennis Federation Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 22 to 26 as debutants as well as the Under-21 Division and on the World Junior Circuit Tour in El Salvador from August 9 to 16.
 
Other Results
Boys U-15 Final: Sarvesh Mungal bt Aaron Wilson 8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9
Third place: Amresh Mungal bt Varoun Sitram 11-4, 11-4,  12-10
Semifinals: Sarvesh Mungal bt Varoud Sitram 12-10, 11-6, 11-6 & Aaron Wilson bt Amresh Mungal 11-4, 12-10, 11-8
 
Girls U-15 Final: Gyshan Latchman bt Ray J Thomas 11-3, 11-2
Third place: Chelsea Fong bt Sarah Mohammed 6-11, 11-7, 11-9
 
Boys’ U-11 Final: Jakeem Welch bt Neelash Batchansingh 6-11, 11-4, 11-9
Third placed: Roberto Johnson bt Deron Douglas 11-5, 6-11, 11-5
Semifinals: Jakeem Welch bt Deron Douglas 11-4, 11-13, 11-7 & Neelash Batchansingh bt Roberto Johnson 11-5, 11-6
 
Girls’ U-11 Final: Jasher De Gannes bt Shaneka Johnson 11-8, 11-4
Third place: Shurja Welch bt Ackayla Lucas 11-9, 11-7
Semifinals: Jasher De Gannes bt Ackayla Lucas 11-4, 11-5 & Shaneka Johnson bt Shurja Welch 7-11, 14-12, 11-6
 
Novices
 
Boys U-20 final—Jude Charransingh bt Dion Henriques 9-11, 11-5, 11-5
Third place: Sajeev Maraj bt Brendon Pasea 11-3, 8-11, 11-2
Semifinals: Jude Charransingh bt Sajeev Maraj 11-9, 11-5 & Dion Henriques bt Brendon Pasea 11-7, 5-11, 11-6
 
Boys U-11 final: Jabari Francois bt Brandon Vasquez 8-11, 11-6, 11-4
Third place: Abraham Francis bt Michael Spencer 12-10, 11-3
Semifinals: Jabari Francois bt  Michael Spencer 11-5, 11-7 & Brandon Vasquez bt Abraham Francis 11-7, 11-9
 
Girls Under-15:  Rayanna Boodhan bt Brittany Lee 11-3, 11-9
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