Boxers shine, narrow loss for 3×3 Women on packed day for Guyana at CAC

Guyana’s Boxers were a high point for the local contingent on Sunday as the Central American and Caribbean Games continued in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. However, there were many other notable performances, especially from the Women’s 3×3 Basketball team who left it all on the floor in a narrow, 1-point loss.

Boxing
Terron Wintz and Desmond Amsterdam both produced commanding performances on Sunday to advance in their respective weight divisions at the Games’ Boxing competition.
Competing in the Elite Men’s 70kg division in the Dominican Republic, Wintz delivered a flawless display to defeat Saint Lucia’s Kyghan Mortley by a unanimous 5-0 decision, despite having a slow start.
All five judges awarded the contest to the Guyanese boxer, each scoring it 30-26 in Wintz’s favour following an impressive three-round performance.
Meanwhile, Amsterdam required even less time to book his place in the next round of the Elite Men’s 80kg competition.
The Guyanese stopped Dominica’s Daniel Ali Shillingford by Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) in the second round at the 1:10 mark after taking complete control of the bout.
All five judges had Amsterdam ahead 10-9 before the contest was halted, underlining his dominance inside the ring.
The victories continue Guyana’s campaign at the CAC Games boxing tournament, with both Wintz and Amsterdam progressing to the Quarterfinal of their respective divisions.

Basketball
Guyana’s Women started the day taking a dent to their quarterfinal hopes in a 13-8 loss to the hosts Dominican Republic. Ruth Adams and De Angelique Waithe both put up three points for Guyana while Dominican Republic’s Esmery Martinez hit a game- high 6 points.
However, when Jamaica lost to the same opponent (21-10), hope was restored for the Guyanese girls who moved on to Sunday afternoon’s quarterfinals by virtue of finishing second in Group D.
There, they met El Salvador, fighting hard but eventually suffered a 1-point loss, 15-14. This time Adams netted 6 points followed by Waithe with 5 and Anaya Clemons, 3. On the other hand, Hillary Martinez led the charge for El Salvador with 7 points, in addition to Guadalupe Vazquez’ 6.
The 3×3 Women’s team will now turn their attention to the placement games where they will compete for 5th place.

Squash
Daniel Ince was the lone Squash player to progress in the Singles’ division at the Games on Sunday but it was later short lived.

Ince started with a 3-1 victory over Dominican Republic’s Eduardo Curiel, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, in the men’s Singles Round of 32.
However, in the Round of 16, Ince fell to Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez 0-3 (1-11, 3-11, 0-11).
Samuel Ince- Carvalhal met a similar fate in the Round of 32, going down to Dominican Republic’s Chrisopher Fernandez 0-3 (5-11, 3-11, 6-11).
In the Women’s Round of 16, Guatemala’s Winifer Bonilla got the better of Mary Fung- A- Fat 3-1 (11-9, 10-12, 2-11, 6-11). The Guatemalans also got the better of Ashley Khalil as she faced off with Darlyn Sandoval. Sandoval took the game 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 113).

Table Tennis
Over in the Table Tennis arena, Guyana’s Men’s team took an early hit with a 0-3 loss to the Dominican Republic.
The pair of Isaac and Ramon Vila got the better of Malachi Moore and Elishaba Johnson 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 114).
Match 2 saw Jiaji Wu sweeping Shemar Britton 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8) while Ramon Vila defeated Johnson 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9).