Persaud (Girls), Scotland (Boys) win U-18 titles

FOLLOWING three rounds of exciting football in the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Namilco ‘Flour Power’ under-17 football tournament, Buxton United FC and Haslington FC are joint top of the points table with six points each and identical goal difference.

Both teams had the opportunity to extend their good run of form yesterday, but the inclement weather did not allow for play to continue at the Buxton Community Centre ground that hosted the previous two match days.

On Saturday, Ann's Grove FC played to a goalless draw against Melanie in the first clash of a double header, while Dynamics FC made light work of Victoria Kings 5-1 in the feature encounter.

Ryan Wharton led the charge for Dynamics with a hat-trick (18th, 38th & 43rd minutes), while Kelvin

On that same match day, it was like deja vu as Buxton Stars registered a similar come-from-behind 2-1 win in the match against Victoria Kings. All three goals came in the second half with Alex Mario giving the losers the lead in the 48th minute before Compton Hope (50th minute) and Deshawn McPherson (68th minute) scored to win it for Buxton at home.

THE U-18s category of the Sheltez Tennis Club tournament concluded yesterday at the Le Ressouvenir Club on the East Coast of Demerara.

In the girls category, Renola Jordan won against Saskia Persaud 2/6 6/3 (10/6) in a closely contested match.

Saskia took the lead early in the first set and managed to stay ahead in games, but Renola fought for every point with most games ending at 40/40.

Saskia maintained her focus and won the first set comfortably.

The second set started off with both players winning their service games, at 2/3 Renola broke Saskia's serve and held on to 5/2.

Persaud held serve again before Renola closed out the second set 6/3.

The deciding set was played using a super tiebreak game (10 points). Both players played aggressive tennis and started using more tactics, moving each other more on the court. At 6/6 Jordan took advantage of the short balls and played with more intent to end the match 6/2 3/6 (10/6).

In the boys categories, top junior Gerald Scotland won against club member

Denzil Luther.

Denzil took the lead in the first set and went up 4/1. He played aggressively and had Gerald on the defensive side most times. Scott settled in afterwards, took control of the games and won five straight games to win the first 6/4.

The second set had a similar start with both players showcasing powerful ground strokes and attacking the net at every opportunity they got. At 5/5, Scotland broke Luther's serve and served out the match to claim his first U18s Sheltez title 6/4 7/5 (Sean Devers)