National table tennis players Shemar Britton and Precislla Greaves took centre stage in the in the second annual Titans Gold Cup over the weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Looking to win his first championships, Britton had to contend with the experienced Colin France in the men’s singles final.
The talented Britton proved too strong for France taking the game in three hard fought straight sets 11-9-11-8 and 11-9.
The various prize winners at the conclusion of the tournament pose with their spoils and President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association, Godfrey Munroe (2nd from right)
Britton, who is one of Guyana’s Olympic prospects explained that he was simply hungry for success.
“It was an excellent performance, I put in a lot of work for this gold I especially wanted to win the men title cup I lost the last two times and I really wanted to rectify that so I made sure I put in the work,” the player stated.
He added, “I had to make sure I was scoring my shots and putting in the easy balls while making sure I play a strong back hand stroke and then the game opened”.
Britton also got the better of Elishaba Johnson in the under 18 before going on to beat Miguel Wong for the under 21 title.
Similarly, Greaves who was also at the top of her game, got over the hurdle of Selenas Jackman to take the under 18 title before going on to overcame a field of Jackman, Naveh Clarkson and Abagail Martin in a round robin final to take the women’s open crown.
Grreaves touted fitness as the reason for her ascension to the top of the heap locally.
“I recently started back training because I had CXC so I was on a break, we had Inter-Guiana games so I started training for that and basically this upcoming tournament so that brought back my touches,” the young player stated.
Jackman took the girls under 15 title and Jamal Nicholas took the boys the under 15 category and second place in the B class open .
Other winners included Shanesh Persaud in the 9 and under category, Krystian Sahadeo in the 11 year and under , Niran Bissu who beat Isaiah Layne to the boys under 13 category while Martin also got the better of Clarkson for the under 13 title.
The three-day tournament also featured a team from Jamaica.
Captions: The various prize winners at the conclusion of the tournament pose with their spoils and President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association, Godfrey Munroe (2nd from right)
