…Seenarine, Gomes emerge victorious in respective categories
Action in the Bartica Table Tennis Steering Committee’s (BTTSC’s) tournament, played at the Bartica Community Centre on Sunday April 3, 2022, has seen the likes of Jaswan Seenarine and Ian Gomes winning in their respective categories.
Heading into the tournament, all players were aiming to bring their best versions of the game to the table. They had their game faces on, and were determined that only the best of the best would emerge victorious. In fact, the anticipated matchup has seen the “B” and “C” class players battle, with names such as Jaswan Seenarine, Tyrese Gomes, Rhyse Belle, Marcus McKenzie, Ian Gomes, Joseph Charles, Jameel Seeram, Zinedine DeSantos, Youlandy McThyer, Adrian Fordyce, Zinco DeSantos, and Lawrence Garnett participating.
The winners pose with their trophies
Jaswan Seenarine bested Tyrese Gomes in an intense final of the “B” Class, which ended 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10 and 11-5. Rhyse Belle and Marcus McKenzie finished as joint third-place winners.
In the semi-finals, Seenarine defeated McKenzie 3-1, and Gomes defeated Belle 3-1.
Ian Gomes, on the other hand, won the “C” Class title by defeating Zinedine DeSantos 11-8, 11-6 and 11-8.
Jameel Seeram and Xeohon Dutchin finished as third-place winners. In the semifinals, De Santos defeated Dutchin 3-0 and Gomes defeated Seeram 3-0.
The tournament attracted over 20 players, and one guest player, national junior Krystain Sahadeo, who also played with former junior national Azruddin Mohamed.
As Team Mohamed was about to leave Bartica, National Table Tennis Coach Linden Johnson invited Azruddin Mohamed, Nazar Mohamed and Sheik Moen to give words of encouragement to the young table tennis players. The youngsters were extremely happy to meet the men, and took in every word of encouragement given to them.
BTTSC, Team Mohamed’s and the participants of the tournament
In fact, Linden Johnson had coached Azruddin 20 years ago, and Azruddin went on to represent Guyana on the international stage. Team Mohamed’s wished the youngsters the very best, and encouraged them to remain committed and dedicated to the sport.
The Guyana Committee of Services officials, spearheaded by Lyndon Jumbie Jones and Joe Sahadeo, were on site, and made a monetary donation and playing uniforms to the Bartica Table Tennis Steering Committee, so that the players can benefit from the donation. They also did a raffle for players, who won cell phones and watches, and a token of appreciation was given to coach Johnson.
The BTTSC has extended much praise to GTTA President Godfrey Munroe, Teacher Wendy, Rats Mining’s, GCOS, Super Gold and Pawn Shop and GTTA for their donation, which made the difference.
