Marcano captures two gold medals at CAREBACO

TT’s contingent, representing in the tournament held at the National Racquet Centre, Tacarigua, had mixed results on final day of activities.

Marcano’s first gold medal came when he got the better of his rival Dominick Scantlebury, trouncing the Bajan 21-19, 21-9 after two sets. He then joined forces with his partner Zion St Rose to defeat Suriname’s pair of Jason Chen and Kevin Karg. After losing the first set 21-15, the local boys came back in the following two sets 21-17, 21- 17 to take victory.

Getting the first medal for TT on the day was T’Shelle Barnes as she also needed three sets to surpass her TT counterpart, Amara Urquhart, 21-17, 13-21, 21-12 in the Girls Singles Under-11 category.

TT’s second gold came from Boys Doubles U-11 after Aditya Maharaj and Kiran Rampersad rallied past local pairing of Nadav Singh and his partner Jamahl Mason 21-12, 21-14.

Nathan King pulled off an upset, yet again in the Boys Under-11 category, as the Bajan defeated TT’s Nadav Singh in the finals 21-20, 21-9.

Singh did manage to get his gold, in the Mixed Doubles Under-11 category, when both himself and his partner, Sanna Guria, got past Kiran Rampersad and Amara Urquhart in the final 25-23, 21-10.

Travis Sinanan and his teammate Seth Mollah also got to taste gold in the Boys Doubles Under-13 division when they won their all- TT final against James Babwah and Nicholi Marcano 21-15, 21-9.

Sinanan featured in the final of the Boys Singles Under-13, however, he fell victim to his Surinamese rival Rivano Bisphan 21-18, 21-18.

Leon Cassie was unable to overcome his opponent in the Boys Singles Under-17 age group as Dominican Republican, Daniel Acosta, copped the CAREBACO gold after two sets 21-9, 21-9. TT lost out on another gold medal opportunity, in the Girls Doubles U-13 category, when Amara Joachim and Danae Mootoosingh were defeated by the pairing of Michelle Guzman representing the Dominican Republic and her Surinamese partner Melody Sjauw Koen Fa 22- 20, 21-16.

The CAREBACO tournament concluded last evening.