Nine-year-old Jasmine Billingy continued her eye-catching rise after she won another local table tennis title. Billingy, Saturday, served her way to championship glory in the girls’ under – 11 category of the 2019 Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) National Mini and Pre-Cadet Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Billingy played unbeaten in the round robin final, defeating Qvanna Torrington 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Samara Sukhai 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 13-11, and Akira Watson 11-4, 11-5, 11-4.
Watson came in second after she accounted for Torrington 11-9, 11-2, 15-13 and the third place Sukhai 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10.
Meanwhile, the 2019 Novices title went to Gavin Narine who defeated Jarett Goddette in a virtual final. Both players recorded four wins each in the round-robin final leading up to the final match against each other but it was Narine who prevailed 11-2, 11-12, 11-8 to take the title. Action in the other category played on the day saw some of the most exciting talents in the boys’ under – 13 category advancing to the quarterfinal – knock out round. Title contender Jonathan Van Lange and Tameshwar Ramnarine were the ones to emerge from group one while Krystan Sahadeo and Shaquard Williams came out of group two.
Colin Wong and Sampson Jones advanced from group three. The championships continues today at the same venue.
