Shae Martin won his second gold medal in as many days in the junior section of the CAREBACO Championships at the Wildey Gymnasium yesterday afternoon.
Coming up against Puerto Rican Joshua Soler, Martin faced little difficulty in winning 21-10, 21-10.
Martin and Jordan Ollivierre won gold in the doubles section, but Ollivierre and another Barbadian, Dominic Howard, both had to settle for bronze in the singles.
The ladies’ doubles pair of Shari Watson and Mariama Eastmond was last night chasing gold after beating Puerto Ricans Genesis Valentin and Daneysha Santana 21-8, 21-15.
They took the first set by smashing and setting up at the net and attacking the weaker opponent.
In the second game they lost their focus, with the score reaching 11-10 at the interval. However, after noticing their faults and working on their front court movement, the pair quickly took back control of the second game to close it out.
They will play the No. 1 seeds Lohaynny Vincente and Luana Vincente of Brazil, who defeated the other Barbadian pair of Tamisha Williams and Sabrina Scott 21-14, 21-7 in the other semi-final.
The Barbadians collected the bronze.
Scott also collected bronze in the ladies’ singles after going down 21-9, 21-9 to No. 2 seed Vincente.
Earlier Scott beat Suriname’s Priscille Tjitrodipo 21-19, 15-21, 21-19 to advance to the medal round.
Barbados collected the third bronze medal among the seniors through Kevin Wood and André Padmore in the men’s doubles.
After eliminating fellow Barbadians Greg Padmore and Andrew Clarke 21-17, 21-17, Wood and Padmore went under to a pair from Surinam in a very close third game, 14-21, 21-19, 19-21.
Among the juniors, Barbadian Daniel Duncan lost to Joselito Sanchez of Puerto Rico 21-18, 21-16 in the semi-finals of the Under-15 division.
Duncan won bronze and then teamed up with Narayana Ramhdani of Guyana to take silver in the doubles.
Last night, Cory Fanus and Sabeel Foster were hoping to write their own gold medal story. They were scheduled to play Ivan Morales and Cesar Rosa of Puerto Rico in the Under-17 boys’ doubles.
Shem Scantlebury had to settle for third place, losing a hard-fought semi-final game 21-18, 21-18 against Jamaican Romone Robinson.
Lisa King also captured bronze in the Under-19 girls’ singles, after losing to Trinidadian Reba Fleary 21-9, 21-9.
King and D’Andre Thorpe were also looking to reach the mixed doubles semi-finals, with only Bryan Valentin and Daneysha Santana of Puerto Rico standing in their way. (PR/SAT)
