oct.14.2008
The T&T table tennis duo of Avernelle Abraham and Ashley Quashie faced stiff competition in the girls doubles. The partnership played three games in the round robin first round.
Vs Australia (Lily Phan and Melissa Tapper), the T&T duo lost 0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 9-11). “It was a close game which could have gone either way,” commented Vasdev Bob Roopnarine team manager for table tennis.
Vs Vanuatu (Priscilla Tommy and Stephanie Qwen), the loss was 0-3 (9-11, 8-11, 12-12). “It was another close game that just did not go T&T’s way,” said Roopnarine.
Vs India (Pooja Sabarabudha and Divya Deshpande), the results were 0-3 (3-11, 7-11, 6-11). “The girls were outplayed by a pair who co-ordinated better and were faster to offense,” noted Roopnarine.
Kyle Borneo lost to Xue Jie Pang of Singapore (0-3) 3-11, 6-11, 4-11. This was the final of his three round robin games. He won the previous two. Borneo continued his confident and focused playing in the next round against Sahanka Ganegodage of Sri Lanka , eventually conceding to the Sri Lankan (4-3).
The T&T swim team takes to the main pool Wednesday morning in the heats of the 50m butterfly. Swimmer Cadell Lyons and Joshua McLeod are ranked 5th and 6th in the line up against a field of 32. McLeod swims in lane 5 of heat 2, and Lyons competes in the same lane during heat 3. The fastest 8 will proceed to the finals later on Wednesday evening. The main goal for both athletes is to make the finals and do their personal best.
On the tennis court Lendl Smith beat Miguel Charmicael of Mozambique (6-3, 6-2). In the doubles event Carlista Mohammed and Olivia Bennett were defeated in a three set match against Kim & Steffi Carruthers. All three players continue in the 3rd round of their respective single events tomorrow (Wednesday).
The T&T doubles partnership of Keston Friday and Deron Seepaul got a bye in the first round of the competition. During their first showing at the badminton arena at the Commonwealth Youth Games, the Friday/Seepaul team was defeated by Ow and Yew of Malaysia.