Top-ranked lo­cal­ly-based play­er Cur­tis Humphreys will be go­ing af­ter his fourth ti­tle of the sea­son on the lo­cal cir­cuit when he com­petes in TEK En­gi­neer­ing To­ba­go Open at the Scar­bor­ough Sec­ondary School, To­ba­go, from 9.30 am to­mor­row. So far this sea­son, Humphreys of the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T has cap­tured the Clas­si­fied A-1 crown, Sil­ver Bowl and So­lo Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship and starts as a favourite when the ac­tion serves off to­day. How­ev­er, Humphreys will have it all his way as he is ex­pect­ed to face a very com­pet­i­tive field led by for­mer Caribbean cham­pi­on Kevin Far­ley, a win­ner in 2010, teenagers Aaron Wil­son and Arun Roop­nar­ine, Kyle Bor­neo, two-time Caribbean cham­pi­on Li­onel Darceuil, Ever­ton Sorzano, Ter­rel Ab­bott, An­drew Alexan­der, Ken­win Small, An­drew Ed­wards, Ter­ry Corbin and An­son Welling­ton as they go af­ter the ti­tle left va­cant by last year's win­ner, An­tho­ny "Sand­fly" Brown.

In Au­gust, Roop­nar­ine com­bined with Humphreys, Kyle Bor­neo and France-based Dex­ter St Louis to win men's team gold at the Se­nior Caribbean Cham­pi­onship. In the women's com­pe­ti­tion, a new cham­pi­on will al­so be crowned, as Guyana's Tre­nace Lowe will not de­fend her ti­tle won by beat­ing Cather­ine Spicer in the fi­nal last year. In Lowe's ab­sence, new­ly-crowned na­tion­al women's sin­gles cham­pi­on Brit­tany Joseph, 14; 2010 win­ner Cather­ine Spicer in the ab­sence of nine-time na­tion­al cham­pi­on, Aleena Ed­wards, her moth­er, Ver­na Ed­wards, and, Ash­ley Quashie. To­day, the age-group events-Un­der-11, U-13, U-15, U-18 and U-21-will take place from 9.30 am.