Myles top performer at Doubles Mania
Willroy Myles was the top performer at the Young’s Supermarket-sponsored Doubles Mania Badminton Tournament held over the weekend at the YMCA courts on Hope Road.
Myles first teamed with an older brother Albert to take the men’s doubles from the country’s top juniors Dennis Coke and Anthony McNee 21-17, 23-21, then pulled Barbara Johnson, a B Division lady, out of semi-retirement from tournament play to take the Open mixed doubles, defeating Joslyn Davis, another B player, and top female junior Mikaylia Haldane 23-21, 21-9.
Other double winners in the tournament were Hadei Kaye Williams, who won both the Open and B Division ladies doubles titles, and Sreyneang Phon, who captured her two D Division events.
Last year’s Open events double winners Garron Palmer and Alya Lewis did not make an appearance this time around. Palmer was not able to get the time off from work, while Lewis indicated that she is hanging up her racquet.
Of the other top locals, Gareth Henry left the island over the weekend for Malaysia on an extended training stint geared towards 2012 Olympic qualification and Olympian Nigella Saunders has not yet reached the level of fitness required for tournament play after her debilitating injury preceding last year’s CAC Games.
Several members of the national junior training squad were among the awardees. In addition to Coke, McNee and Haldane, these were Alana Bailey, Sue-Ann Berry, Vinroy Braham, Diamond Cassanova, Nichiesha Durrant, D’Anna-Marie Edwards, Demetri Francis, Glenroy Gayle, Rickelle Gayle, Jemarey Gordon, Esther Reynolds, Samuel Ricketts and Sean Wilson.
The performances of these juniors were particularly pleasing to the local association, as the Pan American Junior Badminton Championships are slated for Jamaica from July 24 to 31 this year.
At the awards ceremony which followed the final matches Vishu Tolan, managing director of Young’s Supermarket, handed out the major awards.
The complete results of this year’s (doubles only) tournament’s final matches were:
Open
Men’s Doubles — Willroy Myles and Albert Myles (# 2 Seed) defeated Dennis Coke and Anthony McNee (# 1) 21-17, 23-21.
Ladies Doubles — Christine Leyow-Mayne and Hadei Kaye Williams defeated Carla Grant and Cortia Boyd 21-15, 21-8.
Mixed Doubles — Willroy Myles and Barbara Johnson (# 1) defeated Joslyn Davis and Mikaylia Haldane 23-21, 21-9.
B Division
Men’s Doubles — Samuel Ricketts and Sean Wilson (1) defeated Jemarey Gordon and Maurice McLean 21-12, 21-18;
Ladies Doubles — Hadei Kaye Williams and Cortia Boyd defeated Daisy Hue and Simone James 21-16, 19-21, 21-18;
Mixed Doubles — Joslyn Davis and Simone James defeated Jemarey Gordon and Hadei Kaye Williams 19-21, 21-17, 21-18.
C Division
Men’s Doubles — Orane Burke and Kemar Valentine (# 2) defeated Kareem Chin and Ryan Dyer 21-19, 12-21, 21-13;
Ladies Doubles — D’Anna-Marie Edwards and Alana Bailey (1) defeated Sue-Ann Berry and Diamond Cassanova (2) 21-19, 22-20.
Mixed Doubles — Ryan Dyer and Daisy Hue defeated Orane Burke and Crystal Smith 21-18, 12-21, 21-15.
D Division
Men’s Doubles — Demetri Francis and Glenroy Gayle (1) defeated Vinroy Braham and Joel Hylton (2) 20-22, 21-7, 21-9;
Ladies Doubles — Sreyneang Phon and Esther Reynolds (1) defeated Nichiesha Durrant and Rickelle Gayle (2) 21-13, 21-10.
Mixed Doubles — Howard Henry and Sreyneang Phon (1) defeated Demetri Francis and Rickelle Gayle (2) 21-13, 21-13.