Junior player Shemar Britton won four singles titles including the prestigious men’s singles when the annual National Sports Commission table tennis tournament concluded Saturday at the National Gymnasium.
Southpaw Britton, became possibly the youngest ever player to win a men’s singles competition when he defeated national player Edinho Lewis 10-12, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 to win his first men’s singles competition while still a junior player.
In the semifinals Britton defeated Joel Alleyne 11-9, 11-9, 7-11 and 13- 11 while Lewis defeated Kyle Edghill 11-6, 11-5 and 11-3.
In the quarter-finals Lewis defeated Xenophen Goliath 3-1, Edghill defeated Brad Belle 3-1, Britton defeated Kevon Corbin 3-0 and Alleyne defeated Raynor `Copter’ Anderson 3-0.
Britton’s second title came in the U21 category where he defeated Chelsea Edghill 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 5-11 and 11-9 and his third came in the U18 category where he defeated David Duncan 11-9, 14-12, 11-5 and 11-4.
He gained his fourth title in the U15 final where he defeated Kyle Edghill 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5 and 11-6.
In the U15 semis Edghill defeated Scott Garraway 3-0 while Britton defeated Elishaba Johnson 3-1.
Akecia Nedd won the girls U18 category by winning all her round robin matches. Second place went to Priscilla Greaves while Anna Joao was third.
Neveah Clarkston, Jewell Todd and Simran Bissu rounded out the top six.
Nedd also won the women’s doubles teaming up with Greaves to defeat Joao and Todd 11-9, 11-8 and 11-9 and the mixed doubles with Alex Hopkinson the pair defeating Miguel Wong/Greaves 11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 6-11, 11-8.
The boys doubles was won by Elishaba Johnson and David Duncan who defeated the pair of Britton/Edghill 11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 7-11 and 11-9.
Chelsea Edghill won the women’s singles from Priscilla Greaves and Joao while Wong won the boys’ 13 and under category by defeating Terrence Rausch 11-8, 11-3 and 11-3 in the final.
The girls 13 years and under category was won by Clarkston with Priyanna Ramdhani in second place and Bissu, third.
