After winning gold in both the senior and junior events over the weekend, hosts Jamaica made a good start in the individual events at the 2014 staging of Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Championships at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology (UTech) Papine Campus yesterday.

A total of 13 Jamaicans have advanced to the next round in the individual age-group events form Under-11 to Under-17.

Jamaica’s Marlon Hines defeated T&T’s Alkalif Blake 21-16, 14-21, 21-22; Zane Reid won 21-11 and 21-11 over Kennie King from Barbados and Adam Taylor whipped Barbados’ Dominick Scantlebury 21-18 and 21-12 to advance.

Shawn Clarke lost 8-21 and 8-21 to T&T’s Vance Juteram, Tristan Martin was crushed 5-21 and 1-21 by T&T’s Stephan Butcher and Kyle Sarju was defeated by Barbados’ Nicolas Howard 7-21 and 3-21 in the Under-13 boys’ singles.

In the Under-15 boys’ singles, Jamaica’s Malik Brown got the better of Barbados’ John Cupples 16-21, 21-15 and 21-19; Rhys Reid had a 21-19 and 21-12 victory over Michael Constantine 21-19 and 21-12; Joel Angus beat Kodie King of Barbados 17-21, 21-11 and 21-13; and Dane Sinclair whipped T&T’s Zane Juma 21-12 and 21-3 to advance.

Jamaica’s only loss in this age group came when Mark Anthony Salmon went down 21-3 and 21-8 to T&T’s Ihsaan Furlonge. In the girls’ equivalent, Jamaica’s Rashmi Ragbear was no match for T&T’s Ananada Ramsingh as she lost 21-6, 21-6.

Meanwhile, in the Under-17 boys’ singles, Jamaica’s Shane Wilson, one of the tournament’s favourites, had an easy 21-11 and 21-3 win over T&T’s Jerome Charles; Mathew Lee stopped Guyana’s Jonathon Mangia 21-19 and 21-15; Isaac Roberts comfortably beat Barbados’ Keshem Moore 21-12 and 21-16; Dejon Wright defeated Renaldo Sinanan of T&T 21-18, 17-21 and 21-16; and Justin Taylor outplayed T&T’s Joshua Smith 13-21, 21-15 and 21-17 to advance.

Oshane Newland went down 21-13 and 21-9 to Barbados’ Shae Marlin; Alante Daley also went down 21-10 and 21-9 to Barbados’ Jehu Gaskin and Shamar Hunter was beaten by Guyana’s Narayan Ramdhani.

In the Under-17 girls’ singles play, Christina Hastings defeated Guyana’s Ambika Ramraj 21-13 and 21-14, while her teammates Anna Morison lost 8-21 and 2-21 to T&T’s Brittney Mohammed, and Esther Reynolds surprisingly went down 13-21 and 15-21 to Ralits Wong of T&T.

Today’s games:

Under-11 boys’ singles

Tijay Hines (JAM) vs Keenan Scantleburry (BAR), Mathew Robinson (JAM) vs Reece Marcano (T&T), Ethan Richards (JAM) vs Travis Sinanan (T&T) and Jordan Turner (JAM) vs Russell Butcher (BAR).

Under-13 boys’ singles

Zane Reid (JAM) vs Marlon Hines (JAM), Romaine Cole vs Vance Juteram (T&T) and Adam Taylor (JAM) vs Stephon Butcher (T&T)

Under-15 boys’ singles

Malik Brown (JAM) vs Brandon Khillawan (T&T), Rhys Reid (JAM) vs Nicholas Sobers (BAR) and Joel Angus (JAM) vs Dane Sinclair (JAM).

Under-15 girls’ singles

Stephanie Brown (JAM) vs Amanda Haywood (BAR), Victoria Parague (JAM) vs Karine Dawson (JAM), Aaliyah Mohammed (JAM) vs Ananda Ramsingh (T&T) and Taliah Richardson (JAM) vs Taina Daley (JAM).

Under-11 boys’ doubles

Mathew Robinson and Jordan Turner (JAM) vs Reece Marcano and Travis Sinanan (T&T)

Under-13 boys’ doubles

Tristan Martin and Kyle Sarju (JAM) vs Vance Juteram and Zion St Rose (T&T), Romaine Cole and Marlon Hines (JAM) vs Nicholas Howard and Kennie King (BAR), and Zane Reid and Adam Taylor (JAM) vs Alkalif Blake and Stephon Butcher (T&T).

Under-15 girls’ doubles

Karie Dawson and Taliah Richardson (JAM) vs Aaliyah Mohamed and Victoria Parague (JAM).

Under-15 boys’ doubles

Justin Burke and Dilan Chin (JAM) vs Ihsaan Furlonge and Brandon Khillawan (T&T), Joel Angus and Rhys Reid (JAM) vs Kodie King and Nicholas Sobers (BAR) and Malik Brown and Dane Sinclair (JAM) vs Michael Constantine and Zane Juman (T&T).

Under-17 boys’ doubles

Oshane Newland and Justin Taylor (JAM) vs Jerome Charles and Renaldo Sinanan (T&T) and Shamar Haunter and Isaac Roberts (JAM) vs Jehu Gaskin and Keshem Moe (BAR).