Akilah Jones walked away with several accolades on Saturday when the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association hosted its Tennis 10s Inter-Schools Competition at the New Guyana School tennis court.
Nine-year-old Jones, of Green Acres, smiled prettily as she collected the trophies for Best Girl, Most Talented Player and Best School (on behalf of her school). After playing four rounds of competition and 10 matches, she proved her potential to become Guyana’s top seed by triumphing in every match. Sunnah Sealy of Redeemer Primary also displayed some feistiness as she kept the ball in play, coming in the second position.
In the Boys Category, Quincy Williams of FE Pollard Primary copped the first place by winning three rounds and