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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

St Louis, Chung shine at Ping-Pong Awards

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As was ex­pect­ed France-based Dex­ter St Louis and his step-daugh­ter Rheann Chung were vot­ed se­nior Play­ers of the Year when the T&T Ta­ble Ten­nis As­so­ci­a­tion (T&TT­TA) host­ed its an­nu­al awards func­tion at the Cen­tral Re­gion­al In­door Sport­ing Are­na, Ch­agua­nas, yes­ter­day.

Last year at the 54th Se­nior Caribbean Ta­ble-Ten­nis Cham­pi­onship in San­to Domin­go, Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic, Chung won her fifth se­nior women's sin­gles ti­tle when she over­came a first set loss to whip Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic's Eva Brit­to 13–15, 11–3, 11–7, 11–4, 11–9 and add to her pre­vi­ous tri­umphs in 2004, 2008, 2009 and last year.

How­ev­er, St Louis, who plies his trade with SUA Agen in France, wast­ed a 3–1 lead in the best-of-sev­en sets men's fi­nal and had to set­tle for sil­ver for a sec­ond straight year, go­ing un­der to Hec­tor Berrios and fail­ing to add to his wins in 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2009.

The 42-year-old St Louis had ear­li­er in the tour­na­ment com­bined with top ranked lo­cal­ly-based na­tion­al cham­pi­on Cur­tis Humphreys, Kyle Bor­neo and Arun Roop­nar­ine to lead the men's team to a sec­ond team ti­tle and first since 2009 on home soil when they swept past Bar­ba­dos 3–0 in the fi­nal.

He fol­lowed up with sil­ver and bronze in the men's dou­bles and mixed dou­bles with Humphreys and Chung re­spec­tive­ly,

The lo­cal women's quar­tet of Chung, na­tion­al se­nior women's cham­pi­on, 14-year-old Brit­tany Joseph, Ash­ley Quashie and Lin­da Par­tap-Bood­han missed out on a medal af­ter end­ing with a 2–3 record with their vic­to­ries, both 3–0, com­ing against Bar­ba­dos and Ja­maica.

Both St Louis and Chung, now at­tached to ASPTT Poitiers, led the re­spec­tive men and women na­tion­al teams to third spot in the Fifth and Fourth Di­vi­sions of the Lieb­herr World Team Ta­ble Ten­nis Cham­pi­onship in Dort­mund, Ger­many dur­ing the 2012 sea­son as well.

In the men's Fifth Di­vi­sion third place play­off for 99th spot over­all, T&T need­ed a four-set vic­to­ry from Ter­rell Ab­bott, over Ja­maican Si­mon Tom­lin­son, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 11–9 to seal a tense 3–2 tri­umph.

Humphreys and Reeza Burke, pres­i­dent of the T&T Ta­ble Ten­nis As­so­ci­a­tion, who trav­elled with the team as man­ag­er/coach, al­so played for T&T.

A mem­ber of UTT, Humphreys al­so had a very out­stand­ing sea­son lo­cal­ly and won the Su­per Sin­gles, Sil­ver Bowl, Clas­si­fied and the So­lo Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship.

The lo­cal women's team of Chung, nine-time na­tion­al cham­pi­on Aleena Ed­wards and 17-year-old Cather­ine Spicer se­cured third spot in the Fourth Di­vi­sion, 75th play­off af­ter whip­ping Lebanon 3–1.

Roop­nar­ine and Joseph were named Ju­nior Play­ers of the Year af­ter dom­i­nat­ing the lo­cal cir­cuit.

Roop­nar­ine, who at­tends Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do, played un­beat­en in the Un­der-21 Di­vi­sions of the Sco­tia­bank Schools Tour­na­ment, Sil­ver Bowl, So­lo Na­tion­als and al­so took the Un­der-21 and Un­der-18 To­ba­go Open.

At the re­gion­al lev­el, he was part of the men's se­nior team to win Caribbean gold and added three bronze medals at the Cadet Cham­pi­onships, in the sin­gles and dou­bles and Team event with fel­low teenag­er, Aaron Wil­son.

Joseph, de­spite miss­ing out on suc­cess at the se­nior Caribbean cham­pi­onships dom­i­nat­ed the lo­cal na­tion­al na­tion­als when she be­came the youngest women's cham­pi­on at age 14 an added the dou­bles and team ti­tles with club­mate Par­tap-Bood­han.

At the Ju­nior lev­el, Joseph, of Bish­op Anstey East, won the Un­der-15 ti­tles at na­tion­als, Sco­tia­bank, To­ba­go Open and was sec­ond at the Sil­ver Bowl to Guyana's Chelsea Edghill. Mean­while, T&T will play host to the 55th Caribbean Ta­ble Ten­nis Cham­pi­onship from April 1 to 7.

HO­N­OUR ROLL

HO­N­OUR ROLL

High­est boys' de­but: Aaron Wil­son (Care­nage Blasters - Un­der-18)

High­est girls' de­but: Brit­tany Joseph (Ari­ma Hawks) - Un­der-18)

Most sig­nif­i­cant mover in boys' rank­ings: Benoni Daniel (St An­drews)

Most sig­nif­i­cant mover in girls' rank­ings: Rayan­na Bood­han (Ari­ma Hawks)

Ju­nior Men's Play­er of the Year: Arun Roop­nar­ine (Pow­er­Gen)

Ju­nior Women's Play­er of the Year: Brit­tany Joseph (Ari­ma Hawks)

Se­nior Men's Play­er of the Year: Dex­ter St Louis (SUA Agen/France)

Se­nior Women's Play­er of the Year: Rheann Chung (ASPTT Poitiers/France)

Top Five ranked play­ers in Age-Groups:

Boys:

Un­der-11: 1. Robert John­son (Spey­side); 2. Bran­don Lee Young (Mal­oney Tigers); 3. Ja­keem Welch (St An­drews); 4. Mes­si­ah Wal­cott (St An­drews); 5. Der­ron Dou­glas (St An­drews) & Aaron Amoroso (Mal­oney Tigers).

Un­der-13: 1. Daniel Hen­riques (Mal­oney Tigers); 2. Joshua Maxwell (St An­drews); 3. Ko­r­ren Welch (Bish­op's); 4. Ja­keem Welch (St An­drews); 5. Benoni Daniel (St An­drews) & Bran­don Lee Young (Mal­oney Tigers)

Un­der-15: 1. Aaron Wil­son (Care­nage Blasters); 2. Sarvesh Mun­gal (Pow­er­Gen); 3. Varoun Sitram (Care­nage Blasters) & Am­resh Mun­gal (Pow­er­Gen); 5. Shaquille Mitchell (Spey­side).

Un­der-18: 1. Aaron Wil­son (Care­nage Blasters); 2. Arun Roop­nar­ine (Pow­er­Gen); 3. Am­resh Mun­gal (Pow­er­Gen); 4. Davone Joseph (UTT); 5. Sarvesh Mun­gal (Pow­er­Gen).

Un­der-21: 1. Arun Roop­nar­ine (Pow­er­Gen); 2. Lawrence Ince (UTT); 3. Vi­mal Roop­nar­ine (Pow­er­Gen); 4. Davone Joseph (UTT) & Kour­dell Pow­ell (Care­nage Blasters).

Men: 1. Cur­tis Humphreys (UTT); 2. Aaron Wil­son (Care­nage Blasters); 3. Ever­ton Sorzano (D'Abadie Youths); 4. Li­onel Darceuil (Ari­ma Hawks); 5. Arun Roop­nar­ine (Pow­er­Gen)

Girls:

Un­der-11: 1. Jash­er De Gannes (Bish­op's); 2. Chelsea Fong (Care­nage Blasters); 3. Ack­ay­la Lu­cas (St An­drews); 4. Shane­ka John­son (St An­drews); 5. Shur­jah Welch (St An­drews)

Un­der-13: 1. Ray J Thomas (St An­drews); 2. Jash­er De Gannes (Bish­op's); 3. Nali­ni Boodoo (Pow­er­Gen); 4. Chelsea Fong (Care­nage Blasters); 5. Ack­ay­la Lu­cas (St An­drews).

Un­der-15: 1. Brit­tany Joseph (Ari­ma Hawks); 2. Gyshan Latch­man (Cunu­pia Crew); 3. An­jana Val­sana (Holy Name Con­vent); 4. Nali­ni Boodoo (Pow­er­Gen); 5. Ray J Thomas (St An­drews)

Un­der-18: 1. Cather­ine Spicer (Pow­er­Gen) & Brit­tany Joseph (Ari­ma Hawks); 3. Gyshan Latch­man (Cunu­pia Crew) & Shan­non Wat­son (Cunu­pia Crew); 5. Renu­ka Sitram (Cunu­pia Crew) & An­jana Val­san (Holy Name Con­vent)

Un­der-21: 1. Cather­ine Spicer (Pow­er­Gen); 2. Am­bi­ka Sitram (Care­nage Blasters); 3. Renu­ka Sitram (Cunu­pia Crew); 4. Shan­non Wat­son (Cunu­pia Crew); 5. Day­na Sama­roo (Cunu­pia Crew).

Women: 1. Brit­tany Joseph (Ari­ma Hawks); 2. Lin­da Par­tap-Bood­han (Ari­ma Hawks); 3. Aleena Ed­wards (UTT); 4. Cather­ine Spicer (Pow­er­Gen); 5. Ver­na Ed­wards (Glad­i­a­tors)


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