{"id":20979,"date":"2024-07-02T13:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20979"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:45:25","slug":"xavio-alexander-and-gabriel-felix-shine-in-gba-national-junior-singles-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/xavio-alexander-and-gabriel-felix-shine-in-gba-national-junior-singles-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavio Alexander and Gabriel Felix Shine in GBA National Junior Singles Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Badminton Association&#8217;s National Junior Singles Tournament kicked off at the National Gymnasium with impressive performances from Xavio Alexander and Gabriel Felix headlining the opening day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by the National Sports Commission, the tournament featured 28 matches across various categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xavio Alexander demonstrated his skill by securing victories in both the under 17 and under 19 categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He started with a dominant performance against Joel Prince in the U19 singles, winning 21-4 and 21-3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continued his winning streak by defeating Casey Beckles in straight sets, 21-4 and 21-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Felix also displayed strong form in the U19 boys&#8217; singles, first defeating Reuel Rampersaud and then overcoming Darion Thomas in a competitive match, with scores of 22-20 and 21-15 in the U17 singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notable winners included Christopher Jordan, Vishal Gopaul, Malia Haley, Leshaunte Berkley, Gabriella Henry, Darion Thomas, Jonathan Robinson, and Navaeh Eastman in the U19 singles category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the U17 category, Mishka Beharry, Mohammed Farouk, Nikolas Pollard, Christopher Jordan, Avinash Ramnarine, and Menikshi Jaikisson emerged victorious in their opening matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young talents such as Emma Ramsaran, Ethan Ramsaran, Ethan Bulkan, Joel Rambiriche, Phillip Stephens, Mohamed Farouk, and Riyo (Rio) Alexander also claimed wins across the U15, U13, and U11 categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Director of Sport Franklin Wilson officially opened the tournament, emphasizing its importance in nurturing young talent within the Badminton Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayanna Watson, Vice-President of the Guyana Badminton Association, highlighted the tournament&#8217;s role in their annual calendar and its significance in developing the sport at grassroots levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, structured across five categories for boys and girls from under 11 to under 19 singles, will culminate with the semifinals and finals scheduled for Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trophies will be awarded to the top performers in each category, further motivating the participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour The Guyana Badminton Association&#8217;s National Junior Singles Tournament kicked off at the National Gymnasium with impressive performances from Xavio Alexander and Gabriel Felix headlining the opening day.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20981,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20979\/revisions\/20981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}