The Tribune

By TENAJH SWEETING

tsweeting@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas Table Tennis Federation (BTTF) will host a spring table tennis tournament this Saturday at LW Young Junior High School.

The event is scheduled for 9am to 3pm and will be their second event of the calendar year. This year’s spring tourney will include matchups between boys and girls of the 11 and under, 15 and under, as well as the 18 and under divisions.

The tournament will also feature seniors and an open event which will allow for anybody interested in table tennis to register for the competition.

Sudan Khalfani, youth director of the BTTF, talked about his expectations for this weekend’s tourney.

“We expect this tournament to have a major turnout and the event will determine who are the best players and how ready we are to advance the national programme,” Khalfani said.

With the event just a few days away, this year’s registrants will include competitors from both public and private schools, and home schools.

The public can expect to witness some competitive table tennis action from students of Sybil Strachan, S C McPherson, C V Bethel, L W Young, Kingsway Academy, Leadership Academy, Columbus Primary, Queen’s College, St Andrew’s, and Windsor.

The youth director said he is very impressed with the registration numbers so far and will look to introduce the sport to more schools with the help of the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg.

The registration deadline is 8pm Friday for persons that have not signed up for this weekend’s table tennis tourney.

The amount of rounds will vary between 3 to 5 depending on the division being played.

In the federation’s first event of the year, Queen’s College’s Ronal Fernando secured the win for the 12 and under division.

Courtney Rahming came in second from Claridge Primary and Sybil Strachan’s Keyonna Bain brought home third place.

The 13-and-under division saw a pair of LW Young Golden Eagles take home first and second place finishes. Patrick Rahming placed first and fellow schoolmate Aljani Heron finished up in second. Sybil

Strachan’s Lejon Kelly capped off the division in third.

Mosiah Bain, of Leadership Academy, emerged victorious for the 15-and-under division. Second place finisher was Cozman Rahming of Doris Johnson and Kingsway’s Matthew Manickam finished the competition in third.

For persons that have not registered as yet with two days remaining, they can still sign up by contacting 426-5153 or via email bahamasyouthtt@gmail.com