It was a thrilling end to the Edge Series Table Tennis Championships on Sunday afternoon, where Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) dominated all challengers to bag the $500,000 grand prize.
QPCC, comprising Aaron Wilson, Imanai Taylor-Edwards, Sekel McIntosh and Guyanese Shemar Britton overcame WASA in the highly anticipated final 4-1 to bag top honours.
The victorious QPCC celebrate their success
WASA, comprising Nigel Bryan, Josiah Joseph, Curtis Humphreys and Ambika Sitram had to settle for second place and a $300,000 prize.
Earlier in the competition, QPCC overcame Quiet Storm 4-1 in the semi-finals to advance to the feature match. The Quiet storm outfit featured Orin Hickerson, Krystian Sahadeo, Thuraia Thomas and Colin Wong. Meanwhile, a Niran Bissu, Malachi Moore, Rosalba Aguilar and Elishaba Johnson teamed up for GuyCuba Team 7 but could not get past WASA in the semis, missing out 4-2 in a hotly contested game.
Eventually, Team 7 overcame Quiet Storm 3-2 in a nail-biter to claim the $200,000 third-place prize.
Notably for his efforts in the Men’s Singles final, rallying from 2-0 to come back for a win against WASA’s Humphreys, Aaron Wilson was adjudged the tournament’s MVP.
The Table Tennis culminated the three-discipline Edge Sports Management, Edge Series that was hosted over the past two weekends.
