SVG takes OECS championship

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Table Tennis team left here last week Friday, trusting themselves to wrest the OECS title from St. Lucia.

And, this they did.

The ten-member team secured the sub-regional glory in Dominica. {{more}}

SVG won the Men’s Division and placed second in the Women’s category.

The SVG men defeated St. Lucia 3-0, Dominica team one and team two, 3-2 and 3-0 respectively, but faltered against Grenada 1-3.

The females recorded two 3-0 wins on the host, which also had two teams. SVG beat Grenada 3-2 but went under to St. Lucia 0-3.

The Vincentian pair Joseph Carrington and Robert Ballantyne retained the men’s doubles beating St. Lucians Jason Stanislaus and Chris Wells 3-1.

Ballantyne, this country’s national Singles champion bowed out in the quarterfinal.

David “Skies” Llewellyn though, had the best showing in the Singles. He reached the semi-final stage before losing to Stanislaus 4-1.

Stanislaus was dethroned by his countryman Adrian Albert 4-2 in the final.

Coach of the Vincentian team Elliot Charles said he was pleased with the performance of his charges.