Carenage Blasters eye WASA title

Aaron Wilson and Joshua Maxwell are leading the charge, playing undefeated in their four matches.

Blasters, after finishing the round robin in first place, will start off this evening’s proceedings at the WASA Grounds, St.

Joseph when they play fourth placed Baggoo Himalaya Tough Guys at 7pm while second-placed Gladiators will do battle against third seed WASA at 9pm.

Blasters comfortably defeated Baggoo Himalaya Tough Guys 5-1 in their last match. Mark Dowell was the lone winner for the Baggoo team with a 3-0 (11:9, 11:8, 11:6) victory over Kenwin Small.

Top ranked Blasters local and former Sweden- based player Aaron Wilson battled from two sets down to defeat Canadian-based David Mahabir 3-2 (5:11, 5:11, 11:3, 11:8, 11:8); Alaric Humphreys recorded a 3-2 victory over veteran Lionel Darceuil (12:10, 8:11, 11:6, 2:11, 14:12); Zeke Huggins and Joshua Maxwell won both their matches by a 3-0 margin against Wesley Dookho and Anil Ramlakhan respectively while Luc O`Young dropped a set but prevailed 3-1 vs Merle Baggoo.

The last match of the round robin phase was a nail-bitter as Gladiators needed a victory against WASA to secure a spot in semi-final and they did that by winning 4-2.

The victory meant that Gladiators climbed to second on the table and Baggoo Himalaya Tough Guys qualified while D`Abadie Youths were knocked out of the tournament because of the head-to-head rule as both teams finished on six points.

Gladiators’ Guyanese import Shemar Britton led the way with a 3-1 (8:11, 11:9, 13:11, 11:4) victory over Curtis Humphreys and Astra Edwards sealed the victory for Gladiators as she defeated Ancil Russell 3-2 (11:5, 9:11, 9:11,11:5, 12:10).

Gladiators’ Aleena Edwards and Linda Boodhan won their matches 3-1 against Brittany Joseph and Riad Abasali respectively.

Winning for WASA were Kenneth Parmanand with an easy 3-0 (13:11, 11:5, 11:3) result over the other Guyanese on the team Joel Alleyne, while Franklyn Seechan defeated Aaron Edwards 3-2 (9:11, 11:9, 8:11, 13:11, 11:6). In other results, D`Abadie Youths lost (4-3) to both Carenage Blasters and WASA.