Mishka Beharry dominates GBA junior tournament with 4 gold medals

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) National Junior Tournament culminated at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after three days of intense competition between the players.

Mishka Beharry dominated the tournament with four gold medals in the Under-15 girls’ singles, Under-17 girls’ singles, Under-19 girls’ singles and Under-19 girls’ doubles.
All players brought their A game, as the winners will be chosen to represent Guyana at the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games to be held November 25-27, 2022.
In the Under-11 girls’ singles, Guianna Ramnarine triumphed while Rio Alexander was second. The Under-11 boys’ singles champion John Thomas. The Under-13 girls’ doubles was won by Himanshi Kumar/Gabrielle Felix while John Thomas and Ruel Rambiriche won the Under-13 boys’ doubles.
In the Under-13 girls’ singles, Gianna Ramnarine was the winner while Ruel Rambiriche was the Under- 13 boys’ singles winner. In the Under-15 girls’ doubles, Naveah Eastman and Malia Haley were the winners.
Gabriel Felix and Nikola Pollard were the top Under-15 boys’ doubles players. Meanwhile, in the girls’ singles at the Under-15 level, Mishka Beharry was the winner. Xavio Alexender was the top player in the boys’ Under-15 singles. Michael Spooner and Haresh Persaud topped the boys’ Under-17 doubles category.
Beharry again dominated the girls’ Under-17 singles while Jonathan Debidin was the best Under-17 boy in the singles.
Beharry and Alyssa Dick won the girls’ Under-19 doubles, while Alexander and Viraj Singh won in the male category. Beharry topped the Under-19 singles.
According to a media release, the GBA expressed thanks to the National Sports Commission and the Director of Sports for making this tournament possible.
On Friday afternoon, the majority of the badminton fraternity met with Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson and the Director of Sports just before the start of the Junior Tournament. The Minister highlighted the Government’s plans to build a home for badminton at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue.
The GBA said it was extremely and beyond grateful for this very timely and long-awaited initiative and thanked the Government. This facility will be shared with table tennis.