Goliath, Vieira power NP Electronics to team title

Xenophen Goliath lived up to his name and his reputation yesterday by powering NP Electronics to the team title as the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) inter-corporation/ministry/organization team tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium yesterday.

Xenophen, a former national player and a player of proven calibre was a virtual goliath among the many small and part-time players that participated in the two-day tournament towering over them in more ways than one including height.

In the final against the Guyana Defence Force A team of Devon Richmond and Rono Joseph, Goliath won his two singles matches while Vieira won one as NP Electronics edged the GDF team 3-2.

GDF’s Devon Richmond plays a forehand drive against Xenophen Goliath in the first match of the men’s team final yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)
GDF’s Devon Richmond plays a forehand drive against Xenophen Goliath in the first match of the men’s team final yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

NP Electronics raced out to a 2-0 lead when Goliath defeated Richmond, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-13, while Vieira defeated Joseph 14-16, 9-11, 10-12.
However, the GDF team was not going to roll over and die and they roared back by taking the next two games.

The Joseph/ Richmond combination outlasted Vieira/Goliath 5-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-7 and 11-6 in the men’s doubles while Richmond won the first of the reverse singles against Vieira 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4.

With the score knotted at 2-2 Goliath edged Joseph 3-2 winning 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 14-12 and 4-11.
In the semi-finals, NP Electronics defeated BT Electronics B 3-0 with Goliath defeating Raymond Mc Lennon 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, Vieira defeating Jerome Mitchell 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 and Goliath/Vieira defeating Mc Lennon/Mitchell 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.

In the second semi-final the GDF team got the better of BT Electronics A 3-0 with Richmond defeating Remy Taitt, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11 and Joseph defeating Vernon Rodrigues 11-5, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11.

In earlier results GDF A defeated Blue Thunder 3-0, NP Electronics defeated GUYSUCO 3-0, GDF B defeated Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre 3-0, Bank of Guyana A defeated Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre 3-0, NP Electronics A defeated Bank of Guyana B 3-1, Bank of Guyana B defeated Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre 3-0, and BT Electronics A defeated Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre 3-0.