Sitram elated with Pre-Cadet medal haul Published: Saturday, August 17, 2013 Nigel Simon Text Size: Gayanand Sitram, manager of the T&T team at the just-concluded eighth Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation Pre-Cadet Championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Guyana, says the entire technical staff is elated with the team’s performance. Last year, the local squad tallied seven medals in Jamaica, four silver and three bronze, but this time around, led by Jasher De Gannes, T&T bagged 18 medals, eight gold, four silver and six bronze, to be the overall champion of the championships which began last Friday and ended on Wednesday. Second was host Guyana with 20 medals (four gold, six silver, ten bronze), while Dominican Republic won four medals, one gold and three silver. Leading for T&T was senior national women’s team member De Gannes, who after steering the under-13 girls, which also included Shanekah Johnson, Ray J Thomas, Chelsea Fong, to the team title on Sunday, won gold in the mixed doubles with Joshua Maxwell, as well as the girls doubles with Johnson, and the singles crown. Other gold-medal winners for T&T were Messiah Walcott (U-11 boys singles), the U-13 boys team of Maxwell, Jakeem Welch, Brandon Beharry and Roberto Johnson; the U-11 boys team of Brandon Lee Young, Walcott, Aaron Amoroso and Derron Douglas; and Maxwell and Welch in the U-13 boys doubles. Speaking from Guyana yesterday, an upbeat Sitram said: “Our entire contingent is very elated with what we have achieved in this tournament. We got a lot more medals that we predicted. “Coming into the championship, our target was for three gold medals but for us to come out on top in eight of the 14 contested events was unbelievable.” Asked what it meant for the sport locally, Sitram said the future was very bright for T&T. “We would now hope that the impact is great enough to send a message to those in authority that with the right support we can make a much bigger impact regionally and then on the wider scale. “At the moment, we don’t have the facilities for our players to train as regularly as we would like them too. We have to compete with the other sports at home for practice time at the major venues and once we get our own home for the sport we will be able to much better implement the policies of the Ministry of Sport.” Sitram was also full of praise for De Gannes and Walcott, who won multiple titles. “Walcott is only nine years old and he beat out his rivals in the U-11 category for the gold medal, which was a fantastic feat, while De Gannes was just phenomenal as she won every event she entered.” Other members of the technical staff were coaches Dexter Abbott, Simon Spicer and Jasper De Gannes and chaperone Emlyn Charles-David. Honour Roll U-11 Division: Mixed doubles 1 Jesus Lozano/Idelsa Baez (Dom Republic) 2 Terrence Rausch/Neveah Clarkston (Guy) 3 Niran Bissu/Abigail (Guy) & Tyriq Saunders/Selenas Jackman (Guy) Girls doubles 1 Neveah Clarkston/Selenas Jackman (Guy) 2 Idelsa Baez (Dom Republic)/Mikayla Mathilda (Aru) 3 Ackayla Lucas/Shurja Welch (T&T) & Shreya Maharaj/Shyana Samnarine (T&T) Boys doubles 1 Terrence Rausch/Niran Bissu (Guy) 2 Tyriq Saunders/Kaysan Ninvalle (Guy) 3 Jonathan Paredes/Sjoerd Guertsen (Aru) & Ramon Maxwell/Ronico Sealy (B’dos) Girls singles 1 Neveah Clarkston (Guy) 2 Selenas Jackman (Guy) 3 Abigail Martin (Guy) & Ackayla Lucas (T&T) Boys singles 1 Messiah Walcott (T&T) 2 Brandon Lee Young (T&T) 3 Niran Bissu (Guy) & Tyriq Saunders (Guy) Team finals: Boys: 1 T&T; 2 Guyana II; 3 Guyana I; 4 Barbados; 5 Aruba. Girls: 1 Guyana; 2 T&T; 3 Mixed Team U-13 Division: Mixed doubles: 1 Joshua Maxwell/Jasher De Gannes (T&T) 2 Jakeem Welch/Shanekah Johnson (T&T) 3 Marcus Smith/Jazel Griffith (B’dos) & Roberto Johnson/Chelsea Fong (T&T) Girls doubles: 1 Jasher De Gannes/Shanekah Johnson (T&T) 2 Ray J Thomas/Chelsea Fong (T&T) 3 Kristie Lopes/Simran Bissu (Guy) & Jazel Griffith/Janae Lewis (B’dos) Boys doubles: 1. Joshua Maxwell/Jakeem Welch (T&T) 2. Miguel Wong/Jeremy Singh (Guy) 3. Jean Claude Hoek/Jeandry Mathilda (Aru) & Marcus Smith/Ramon Jackman (B’dos) Girls singles: 1 Jasher De Gannes (T&T) 2 Idelsa Baez (Dom Republic) 3 Chelsea Fong (T&T) & Kristie Lopes (Guy) Boys singles: 1 Marcus Smith (B’dos) 2 Jesus Lozano (Dom Rep) 3 Brandon Beharry (T&T) & Miguel Wong (Guy) Team finals: Boys: 1 T&T; 2 Barbados; 3 Guyana I; 4 Guyana II Girls: 1 T&T; 2 Guyana I; 3 Barbados; 4 Aruba; 5 Guyana II Final medal standings Teams G S B Total T&T 8 4 6 18 Guyana 4 6 10 20 Dom Republic 1 3 0 4 Barbados 1 2 4 7 Aruba 1 1 1 3 G - gold S - silver B - bronze Sport Previous Article Expect big things from Big ManNext Article Six debutants to contest Hoop of Life second round DISCLAIMER User comments posted on this website are the sole views and opinions of the comment writer and are not representative of Guardian Media Limited or its staff. Guardian Media Limited accepts no liability and will not be held accountable for user comments. Please help us keep out site clean from inappropriate comments by using the flag option. Guardian Media Limited reserves the right to remove, to edit or to censor any comments. Any content which is considered unsuitable, unlawful or offensive, includes personal details, advertises or promotes products, services or websites or repeats previous comments will be removed. Before posting, please refer to the Community Standards, Terms and conditions and Privacy Policy
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:18:38 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015