Yvonne Foster achieved the impressive feat of being crowned women's champion for the fourth year running at the tender age of 15. Foster won the final emphatically as she overpowered Shenique Clare in straight sets 11-9, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4. In order to reach the final, Foster had to overcome Andrea Wadsworth, a task she completed with ease as she romped home 4-0. The other women's semi-final hung in the balance with Clare scraping through 4-3 against Shaunda Brash.
Toughly contested final
The men's champion, Moo Young, won the national title for the very first time in a toughly contested final which he won by four sets to two. Moo Young vanquished a worthy opponent in Joseph Dibbs, the two-time former champion, as he won the final 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6.
In the men's semi-finals, Dibbs comfortably defeated Rudolph Sinclair 4-1 and Moo Young won by default against Alphanso Morris. Both Moo Young's and Dibbs' path to the final was made easier by the fact that defending men's champion Nigel Webb did not participate.
In parish team events played last Friday, St Catherine and St Andrew won the men's and women's crowns respectively. St Catherine won their first title in recent times in contrast to the St Andrew women's team who have won the crown for the last five years.
In the men's final, St Catherine comprehensively defeated defending champions St Andrew 3-0 while St Andrew's women achieved a 3-1 victory over Clarendon. St Catherine got to the final by defeating former champions Portland 3-1 and in the other semi-final, St Andrew had a walk-over from Kingston. Other men's teams that participated included: Manchester, Clarendon, St Thomas and St Mary.
Notable individual performances in the men's team final were by Gary Pantry who trounced Michael Cai 3-0, and Marlon Chin, who crushed Emani McPherson 3-0. In the final match of St Catherine's 3-0 victory over St Andrew, Rudolph Sinclair and Chin defeated McPherson and Kane Watson 3-1 in the doubles.
In the women's team final, Yvonne Foster overpowered Christal Campbell 3-0 and Ashli Alexander blew away Anique Herniques 3-0 in the singles. St Andrew's third victory was attained in the doubles by Foster and Shaunda Brash who routed Clare and Henriques 3-0. Clarendon, however, gained some consolation from Clare's narrow 3-2 victory over Alexander.
Other champs
The champions in other events won in the finals by the following scores:
Rural women's singles: Maureen Nembhard (St Catherine) beat Camille Clarke (Manchester) 3-0.
Rural men's singles: Alphanso Morris (Portland) beat Rohan Schloss (St Catherine) 3-1.
Women's doubles: Shenique Clare and Tracy-Ann Dattadeen beat Y. Foster and S. Brash 3-1.
Mixed doubles: P. Moo Young and Y. Foster beat E. McPherson and S. Clare 3-2.
Men's doubles: E. McPherson and A. Morris beat R. Schloss & M. Chin 3-2.
Veterans Over-40: Rohan Schloss beat Alphanso Morris 12-10, 14-12, 11-8 (3-0).
Under-18: Girls: Y. Foster beat S. Brash 4-0, Boys: Michael Cai beat Kareem Flowers 4-3.
Under-15: S. Brash beat Kristen McKenzie 3-1; Jermaine James beat Nicholas Mahfood 3-0.
Under-13: Ashli Alexander beat Louri-Ann Nembhard 3-1; Derek Walcott beat N. Mahfood 3-2.
Under-10: Davia Green beat Matthew-Ann Dawson 3-0; Sean White beat Matthew McNair 3-0.
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