Sinanan brothers star at Solo Jr badminton

Renaldo, a native of Sangre Grande, competed in the Under- 19 category. In the boys doubles finals, Renaldo, along with his partner Stefano Bedasie, had to overcome Mikael Joachim and Nathaniel Khillawan, as they squeezed past the pair 21-18, 12-21, 22-20. In the mixed doubles category, Renaldo teamed up with Nelida Bedasie to win in three games against Khillawan and Ralitsa Wong, this time coming from one game down to register a 14-21, 21-14, 21-13 victory.

In the marquee boys singles, Renaldo, who will be presenting Trinidad and Tobago at the Pan American Championships in Canada in July, defeated Khillawan 21-18, 21-14 to sweep all the top honours in the age group.

A similar story unfolded in the Under-13 category, as Travis also took top honours in all three categories in which he competed.

In the boys doubles, he paired with Seth Mollah to defeat Andrew and James Babwah 21-9, 21- 5. Travis returned later to team with Sonja Cassie to beat Seth Mollah and Jada Smith, 21-10 21-8 in the mixed doubles final.

His final win of the night came as he defeated Mollah 21-6, 21-5 to be crowned singles champion of the Under-13 division.

In the Under-11 division, Barnes beamed from the podium as she collected trophies after victories in the girls doubles, mixed doubles and girls singles categories.

In the girls doubles finals, Barnes and Yelena Lewis got past Kara Ashley Robertson and Amara Urquhart 21-10 21-19. In the mixed doubles category, she paired with Jace Smith to defeat Nadav Singh and Sanna Guria 21-13, 21-18, and completed the triple crown with a hard fought win over rival Amara Urquhart 9-21, 21-19, 21-19 in the singles.

OTHER CHAMPIONS
Girls Doubles U-19: Chequeda Deboulet/Ralitsa Wong (Shuttleforce)
Girls Singles U-19 Ralitsa Wong (Shuttleforce)
Girls Doubles U-17: Shania Lee/Eban Sandy (Samurai)
Boys Doubles U-17: Leon Cassie/ Josef Gonzalez (CBAC)
Mixed Doubles U-17: Leon Cassie/Sandhya Cassie
Girls Singles U-17: Chequeda Deboulet (Shuttleforce)
Boys Singles U-17: Vance Juteram (FMT)
Girls Doubles U-15: Zharia Hinds/Cathline Ramroop (Samurai)
Boys Doubles U-15: Reece Marcano/Zion St Rose (Shuttleforce)
Mixed Doubles U-15: Reval Jaggessar/Sadhika Jaggessar (CBAC)
Girls Singles U-15: Cathline Ramroop (Samurai)
Boys Singles U-15: Reece Marcano (Shuttleforce)
Girls Doubles U-13: Amara Joachim/Danae Mootoosingh (Southern Stars)
Girls Singles U-13: Amara Joachim (Southern Stars)
Boys Doubles U-11: Jamahl Mason/Nadav Singh (Southern Stars)
Boys Singles U-11: Jace Smith