Narayan Ramdhani, Darius Ali and Rose Mendes each secured a pair of impressive wins when they competed against players from Barbados in the singles event of the Guyana Classic International Junior Bad-minton Tournament on Saturday at the Queen’s College auditorium.
Although Ramdhani, Ali and Mendes are competing in the Under-11 category of the competition they were all able to step up and successfully challenge competitors in the Under-13 category.
In the boys’ Under-11 category, Ali and Ramdhani easily defeated their Barbadian competition in straight sets with Narayan disposing of John Ollivierre (BAR) 24-4, 21-1 and Ali following suit and making quick work of Shane Martin 21-8, 21-7.
The dynamic duo continued their rampage in the Under-13 division in which they once again completed straight set victories.
Ramdhani easily defeated Dandre Thorpe (BAR) 21-12, 21-12 while Ali had a slightly more difficult task in getting rid of the determined Cory Fanus (BAR) 22-20, 21-18.
Rose Mendes’ first victory in the singles tournament came when she defeated fellow Guyanese Maya Parsram 21-1, 21-2, while Amanda Yearwood of Barbados gained the edge over Priyanna Ramdhani 21-18, 21-17.
Mendes struck again in the Under-13 category when she once again secured victory over a local competitor in Natalie Khan by the scores 21-17, 21-10.
In the boys’ Under-15 category, local Nicholas Ali defeated Carl Broomes (BAR) 21-14, 21-14 while Avian Rodrigues (GUY) came back after losing the first set 21-23 to Shem Scantlebury, to commandingly win the next two sets 21-12, 21-18.
The girls’ Under-15 category witnessed some superiority by the Bajans as Cherian Fanus (BAR) defeated Avashti Persaud of Guyana 21-15, 21-11 while Monyata Riviera (BAR) defeated Kaela Stewart (BAR) 21-13, 21-14.
The Guyana Classic international junior badminton tournament singles events against Barbados are sponsored by Jeffrey Wong, Andrew De Abreu, Sterling Products Ltd., Geddes Grant Ltd., Banks DIH Ltd., and Auto Fashions.
