GBA National Juniors… Alexander, Beharry cop U-19 singles titles
Xavio Alexander and Mishka Beharry reigned supreme in the boys and girls’ U-19 singles events of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) national junior tournament.
Sponsored by the National Sports Commission, Ruel Rambirche copped the boy’s U15 singles title while Maliah Hayley took the girls’ equivalent.
In the U11 category, Ethan Bulkan and Anjaneysa Godette were the winners of the boy’s and girl’s events.
The tournament, which began Thursday, saw two triple champions emerging
in the U15 category with Rambirche winning gold in the boy’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles events and Beharry winning gold in the U19 girls singles and doubles and mixed doubles event as well.
Speaking to Stabroek Sport at the conclusion of the tournament, GBA President, Emily Ramdhani, said that it was heartening to see the turnout at the junior level and expressed her gratitude to Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, for his invaluable support. She said that the Director had issued a challenge to take the sport country wide, something she noted that the GBA takes seriously and will be pursuing. To that end, she hinted that the GBA will be making moves to take the sport to Essequibo in a bid to broaden the talent pool of badminton. The overall winners are:
UNDER 11 – MIXED DOUBLES
2nd Liam Brumell & Rio Aexander
1st Joel Rambirche & Anjaneysa Godette
UNDER 11 – GIRLS SINGLES 3rd Arianna Bassier
2nd Rio Alexander
1st Anjaneysa Godette
UNDER 11 – BOY’S SINGLES 3rd Liam Brummel
2nd Joel Rambirche
1st Ethan Bulkan
UNDER 15 – MIXED DOUBLES
2nd Avinash Ramnarine & Gabrielle Felix 1st Ruel Rambiriche & Gianna Ramnarine
UNDER 15 – BOY’S DOUBLES
3rd Mohamed Farouk & Lamar Lewis 3rd Jaquan Nedd & Micah Holder
2nd Egan Bulkan & Ethan Bulkan 1st Ruel Rambiriche & Avinash Ramanrine
UNDER 15 – GIRLS SINGLES 3rd Aaliyah Bacchus
3rd Gianna Ramnarine
2nd Gabrielle Felix
1st Malia Haley
UNDER 15 – BOY’S SINGLES 3rd Sergio Alexander
3rd Egan Bulkan
2nd Avinash Ramnarine
1st Ruel Rambiriche
UNDER 19 – MIXED DOUBLES
3rd Nikolas Pollard & Malia Haley
3rd Frank Waddell & Leshaunte Berkley 2nd Jedidiah Uwagboe & Neveah Eastman 1st Xavio Alexander & Mishka Beharry
UNDER 19 – GIRL’S DOUBLES
3rd Aaliyah Bacchus & Tyra Gomes
3rd Gabrielle Felix & Gianna Ramnarine 2nd Neveah Eastman & Malia Haley
1st Mishka Beharry & Leshaunte Berkley
UNDER 19 – BOY’S DOUBLES
3rd Tristian Gouveia & Adeeb Zaman
3rd Jedidiah Uwagboe & Haresh Persaud 2nd Raah Russell & Jonathan Robinson 1st Joanathan Debidin & Frank Waddell
UNDER 19 – GIRLS SINGLES 3rd Genvieve Bookram
3rd Neveah Eastman
2nd Leshaunte Berkley
1st Mishka Beharry
UNDER 19 – BOY’S SINGLES 3rd Raah Russell
3rd Frank Waddell
2nd Joanathan Debidin
1st Xavio Alexander