Monasingh Memorial Martials Arts Tournament a success

– to be held annually

The inaugural Monasingh Memorial Martial Arts Tournament, recently hosted by the White Tiger Martial Arts Academy (WTMMA) at the New Amsterdam Town Hall in Region Six, has been considered a success.
Held to commemorate the life of the late grandmaster Michael Stephen Monasingh, who passed away in April 2017, the White Tiger Martial Arts Academy has now planned to make this tournament an annual event.
The late grandmaster’s daughter, Stephanie Monasingh, there to share with those present some fond memories of her dad, declared how elated she was to support the tournament.
The WTMMA had extended invitations to several martial arts schools in Guyana, and same was accepted by Black Hawks Martial Arts Management Network Association and Best of the Best Martial Arts Motivators Association from Georgetown. The tournament commenced with one minute of silence to honour

the late grandmaster.
The four categories that comprised the event were the Kicking Challenge, Noodles Sparring (padded weapon), Individual and Team Forms, and Sparring.
The first event for the day was the age 6 to 8 Kicking Challenge, which was dominated by the WTMMA students. Justin Grant pocketed the gold, Aiden Kirton the silver, and Andrew Layne the bronze.
In the 9 to 13 age group, Akil Barrington from Black Hawks took away the gold medal, while his teammate Lee Anthony Lindie won the bronze and Anthony LaRose from WTMMA got the silver.
In the 14 and up age group, Black Hawks again took the gold, which was won by Andre Boyce. Deonte Myles from Best of the Best won silver, and Wonda Simon from Black Hawks won the bronze.
In the 5 to 8 age group Noodles Sparring (padded weapon) competition, Azarius Tull from Black Hawks took away the gold medal, his team mate Colin Bowen won bronze, and Aiden Kirton from WTMAA won the silver.
In the 9 to 13 age group, Neron Bourne from WTMAA kept the gold medal in Berbice, while the silver was won by Akil Barrington from Black Hawks and the bronze by Kimberly Baveghems from Best of the Best.
In the 14 & up age group, Andre Boyce fought well to win the gold medal for Black Hawks, while the silver and bronze medals were won by WTMAA students Tyrese Hall and Julez Harry.
In the 5 to 8 age group of the Individual Forms Category, the Black Hawks came out on top with their free style form performance, so the gold went to Garren Newton, the silver to Azarius Tull, and the bronze to Colin Bowen.
Carrying away the gold and bronze in the 9 to 13 age group were Akil Barrington and Jonathan Griffith respectively. The silver went to Miguel Hunte.
In the 14 & up age group, Black Hawks again took the gold and bronze, by Andre Boyce and Milessa Himraj respectively. Adrian La Rose from WTMAA won the silver.
The team forms saw only one team in the 5 to 8 age group — WTMAA’s Aiden Kirton and Andrew Layne. In the 9 to 13 age group, WTMAA again retained the medals, via Ryan Burgess and Anthony La Rose. The 14 and up age group winners were Megal Hunte and Victor Gordon from Best of the Best.
Sparring was done separately. Continuous fighting (taekwondo) and Point sparring (karate) in the 5 to 8 age group saw the gold medal going to Jonathon Griffith of Black Hawks and silver going to Garren Newton.
Gold was won by Andre Boyce and silver by Akil Barrington in the 9 to 13 age group, and gold was won by Milessa Himraj and silver by Vonda Simon in 14 to 17 age group. For the White Tiger Martial Arts Academy, which does Taekwondo, winners are as follows:
In the 5 to 8 age group, gold went to Marcus Humphrey, silver to Aiden Kirton, and bronze to Justin Grant.
In the 9 to 13 age group, gold went to Ryan Burgess, silver to Anthony La Rose, and bronze to Jelani Lambert.
In the 14 and up division, Tyrese Hall secured the gold medal, Neron Bourne the silver, and Julez Harry the bronze.
Master Marcello Small extends sincere gratitude to Master Garfield Newton of Black Hawks Martial Arts Management Network Association; Grandmaster Quacy Baveghems of Best of the Best Motivators Association; competitors; Banks DIH Ltd; M. Maraj and Sons; Big League Boutique, Mr. Roy Roberts, ANSA McAL, Police ‘B’ Division, Onica’s Boutique, Odoro’s Plus Size Boutique, New Amsterdam Town Hall and Feroze Pharmacy.