The George Lamming team of, from left, Jayden Mayers, Damani Blenman, Aaron Weatherhead, Akeem McCollin.
St. Jude’s team of, from left, Jaheem Elliott, Tyrease Holder, D’Angelo Grosvenor, Donte Gill and teacher Wayne Williams (back ground).
Defending champs to face losing 2015 finalist in semis
Tue, 11/22/2016 - 12:00am
A replay of last year’s final is set for Friday when the 2016 Cave Shepherd/Berger Royale/A1 Supermarkets National Primary Schools’ Road Tennis Championship hosts their semi-finals.
Defending champion St. Cyprian’s Boys’ will battle George Lamming in the team semi-finals at the Rubis Ground.
Yesterday in the quarter-finals, George Lamming in the final game of the evening battled from a match down to win against Westbury 2-1. Akeem McCollin went down to T’Shawn Weekes from Westbury who is also in the individual semis in a nail-biting match 22-20.
However, George Lamming came back strong in the remaining two matches with Aaron Weatherhead cruising past Tyrese King 21-15 and Damani Blenman mesmerising Romario Narisse to win 21-9. St. Cyprian’s also booked their passage to the semis with a 2-1 victory over West Terrace.
Two run-away victories was enough for St. Cyprian’s as Aidan Parris defeated West Terrace’s Kebra Bruce 21-4, while Marcus Whittington (St. Cyprian’s) was also in a no-nonsense mood dismissing Jonathan Harmon 21-7.
Pulling one game back for West Terrace was Azahri Dallaway with a 21-13 victory over Khalil Nurse.
St. Jude’s blanked St. Stephen’s 3-0 when they met in the quarter-finals. Individual semi-finalist Tyrease Holder from St. Jude’s got things off to a good start for his team when he defeated Mikhail Grant-Bennett from St. Stephen’s 21-15.
With the momentum clearly in the favour of St. Jude’s, Jaheem Elliott crushed Azarie Clarke 21-2 before D’Angelo Grosvenor finished off the contest 21-19. Suave Clarke from St. Stephen’s to give St. Jude’s a clean sweep.
Their opponents will be Wesley Hall Juniors (WHJ) who defeated St. Philip in the quarter-finals.
N’Tari Haynes (WHJ) defeated Jeremiah Small 21-13, while Edwin Barnett (WHJ) followed with a victory over Kanye Wharton 21-12. The sweep was secured when Christopher Lestrade (WHJ) defeated Dequon Toppin 21-11.
The semi-finals of the team and individual are slated for Friday at the Rubis Ground. (CG)