Sheriff, Gibson triumph at Regatta Table Tennis Tournament

Action in the Bartica Table Tennis Steering

Committee (BTTSC) Regatta Table Tennis Tournament, played at the Bartica Community Center on Sunday April 30, 2023 saw the likes of atalena Gibson (girl) of Two Mile Primary and Aidan Sheriff (boy) of St John Primary winning in their respective categories.

Heading into the tournament,allplayerswere aiming to bring their best versions of the game to the tournament.

They had their game faces on, and only the bestof-the-best would emerge victorious In fact, the anticipatedmatchupsawthe 11 years and under boy’s battle, with names such as Abar Ishak, Christopher Edmond, Seeffo Pollydore, Aidan sheriff, Akeem DaSilva, Joshua James, Selwyn Brown, Jereon Persaud, Adriano Stoby, Upendra Chowtee, Jaden T h o r n h i l l , J a d e n Williamson. Girls match up saw the names such as Kaylean Charles, Nicola Gennie,Alanea Moe, Jelena Atkinson, Allia Hassim, Annalise Jardine, Alesha Gonsalves, Arianna Lonke, Nazeema Lewis, Katalena Gibson,SamanthaGarraway andRosannaPatterson.

Aidan Sheriff of St John Primary bested Upendra Chowtee of Two Miles

Primaryinanintensefinalin the 11 years and under boys which ended 11-6, 9-11, 811, 11-2 and 11-8 (3-2) Selwyn Brown of Potaro

Primary finished third and Jaden Williamson of TwoMile Primary finished in fourthplace.

In the semi–Finals C h o w t e e d e f e a t e d Williamson 3-0 and Sheriff defeatedBrown3-1

Inthe11yearsandunder girl’s finals, Katalena Gibson of Two Miles Primary defeated Rosanna Patterson of Two Miles Primary11-7,7-11,6-11,11-4 and 11-8 (3-2), and third place went to Samantha Garraway of Two Miles

PrimaryshedefeatedAlesha GonsalvesofPotaroPrimary 3-2.

Inthesemi-finalsGibson defeated Garraway 3-1 and Patterson defeated Gonsalves3-2.

Tournament sponsors were Super Gold Mining Bartica, Guyana Committee of Service, Guyana Table TennisAssociation,National Sports Commission and Mr LashonJordanofBartica.

This tournament attractedover30playersand four schools namely St

Anthony Primary, St John Primary,PotaroPrimaryand TwoMilesPrimary BTTSC president Mr Timothy Cornelius and GTTAGeneralSecretaryMr Linden Johnson give words of encouragement to the young table tennis players andtheywouldhavetakenin e v e r y w o r d o f encouragement given to them Presentation of trophies were presented for both the Male and Female Categories for the first, secondandthirdpositions.