National champion Pooranmall wins second draughts title

National draughts champion Khemraj Pooranmall continued his winning ways when he won the Guyana Draughts Association 100-square tournament held last weekend at the National Gymnasium. Pooranmall, who recently won the National Closed championships,

won the year’s final national title defeating all and sundry in the round robin competition.

Mark Braithwaite and Michael Francis finished second and third respectively.

According to the GDA, the next competition will be in October. The association also thanked Nalico/Nafico, John Fernandes Insurance and Federal Management for their sponsorship of the event.