Cummings wins Roger Bishop Senior Linden TT Championships

Maurice Cummings reigned supreme when he defeated Shavin Greene in the grand finale of the Roger Bishop Senior Linden Table Tennis Championships played at the Mackenzie High School auditorium on May 4.

Eager for competition after a hiatus in Linden, the competition began with a round-robin format of 5 players in two groups. Marlon Brando Washington and Ray Copter Anderson were the top seeds advancing out of the group stage to the semifinals, after defeating all comers.
In the first semifinal, Greene, who emerged second in Group 1, defeated Washington by a 3-0 margin in the cross-over of top seed versus second place in groups.
In the second semifinal, Cummings, who advanced as the second-seeded player in Group 2, defeated Raynor Anderson 3-0, to set up a final match between himself and Greene.
Greene and Cummings have, over the last few years, emerged as Linden’s top table tennis players, and have shared the spoils in different competitions. Their journey to the finale of this competition set up the scenario for another eagerly awaited encounter that would determine who would claim supremacy.
In a very competitive and entertaining encounter, the dreadlocked Cummings, despite fierce and tactical play by Greene, took his game up a notch with some dazzling displays of third ball attacks, and proved that he wanted the title more than Greene by winning the encounter 3-1. Cummings took the first game 11-9, lost the second 8-11, but came out on top in the final two matches 11-9 and 11-7. Washington and Anderson secured joint third positions.
This event was staged by the Linden Table Tennis Steering Committee, and was sponsored by Roger Bishop. The Committee’s next engagement will be the Linden Schools Table Tennis ‘Team and Individual Challenge’, scheduled to be held from May 24 to 26.