Southpaw Kyle Edghill has lived in the shadow of his big sister Chelsea Edghill for most of his table tennis playing career.
No Longer!
Edghill on Sunday recorded one of his biggest victories locally when he defeated top seed and 2014 Commonwealth Games representative Shemar Britton in straight games en route to winning the title after a three-
way tie with another star player Elishaba Johnson as the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) mini cadet, cadet and junior teams and Singles tournament ended on Sunday with singles play at the cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
It was not Edghill’s biggest victory that was his defeat of Trinidad’s Reeza Burke in five games in March this year in the Twin Island Republic’s Silver Bowl tournament.
But it certainly ranks up there since Britton had a stint in China this year and is considered among the top four male players locally.
Co-ordinator Linden Johnson decided to play the 18 years and under Open competition a round robin affair and Mae’s Edghill defeated Queen’s College’s Britton but lost to St Stanislaus College’s Johnson who then lost to Britton.
Edghill with a 4-3 ratio was declared the winner (133%), Britton second with 3-3 ratio (100%) and Johnson third with 3-4 ratio (75%).
Edghill defeated Amar Ramlall of QC 3-0, Lloyd Anderson of QC 3-0, Alex Hopkinson of Mae’s 3-0, Sephron Dyal of GTI 3-0, Britton 3-0 and lost to Johnson 1-3. Britton defeated Anderson 3-0, Ramlall 3-0, Dyal 3-0, Hopkinson 3-1 and Johnson 3-0. Johnson defeated Anderson 3-0, Dyal 3-0, Edghill 3-1, Ramlall 3-0, and Hopkinson 3-1. Meanwhile, Hopkinson finished fourth with (3 wins and 3 losses), Dyal fifth (2 wins and 4 losses) Ramlall sixth (1 win and 5 losses) and Anderson seventh (0-6)
Other winners were Khalil Ninvalle of Mae’s who defeated Tyriq Saunders of Dolphin Secondary in the 13 years and under open final at 11-4, 11-6, and 11-3. Joint third place went to Amit Mookram of Marian Academy and Nicholas Romain of Central High.
In the 15 years and under open round robin finals, Miguel Wong of Mae’s played unbeaten. He defeated Kristie Lopes of Marian Academy 3-0, Clarence Baird of Queen’s College 3-0 and Priscilla Greaves of Marian Academy 3-0. Baird finished second. He defeated Lopes 3-1 and Greaves 3-0. Greaves and Lopes finished third and fourth respectively.
This tournament attracted 18 schools and over 120 players.
