TT athletes earn WAKO world rankings

The athletes are all members of WAKO Trinidad and Tobago (Tatami Division) and the PKATT (Point Kickboxing Association of Trinidad and Tobago).

In the Point Fighting category, Aidan Boodansingh is ranked 10th in the Under-37 kilogramme division, Navindra Ramsarran is ranked sixth in the Under-57kg, Derrian Gomes is ranked 16th in the Under-79kg while Ryan Ramoutar is ranked 17th in the Under-84kg.

Also in the Point Fighting section, Keah Johnson - in the Over- 47kg - is ranked fifth while Saifullah Ali is ranked third in the Under- 47kg and Michael Garcia is ranked 10th in the Under-63kg.

Ramoutar also has the distinction of being among the rankings in the Light Contact category, as he is ninth in the Under-84kg.

Kurell Quamina is ranked third in the Under- 50kg and Derrian Gomes is ranked 18th in the Under-79kg.

These rankings were a result of Trinidad and Tobago’s performances at the 2016 WAKO Pan American Championships, from October 26-30, in Cancun, Mexico. TT were ranked 47th out of the 65 participating nations at the event.

According to a media release, “at a meeting held at the Golden Eagle Gym on Sunday, the WAKO TT (Tatami Division)/PKATT SMA president Martin Mc Clashie congratulated the team on the fantastic performance and thanked the coaches Junior Kistow and Mr Russell, assisted by Jason Walled, for doing their bit in contributing to keeping the Trinidad and Tobago colours flying high