TT bag 10 judo medals

TT earned three gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the Bahamas Open, while grabbing three gold and two silver at the CARIFTA Judo Championships which took place simultaneously.

At the Carifta Championships, Luke Walker (junior male -73kg), Giovanni Lopez (infantile male -60kg) and Latesha Gill (junior female -70kg) all won gold, while Gabriella Wood (junior female +78kg) and Xavier Jones (junior male -90kg) both earned silver.

The TT team came second overall out of six teams at the CARIFTA Championships, achieving the second highest number of points from wins - second only to the host country.

TT were also privileged to have Walker awarded “Best Ippon” among all the male competitors.

At the Bahamas Open, Chad Warrick (senior male +90kg) and Xavier Jones (junior male -90kg) both won gold.

In the senior male below 73kg category, it was a clean sweep for TT with Jelanie Boyce copping gold, followed by Reinaldo Novoa and Walker.