Sanguinetti lauds successful King Alarms Jr tourney

Tournament director David Sanguinetti says he is pleased what what he describes as a successful staging of the King Alarm Junior Tennis Tournament at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre in Kingston last weekend.

“Forty matches were played in one day and my only disappointment was that we were not able to play the doubles, because players were entered in more than one age group,” Sanguinetti said.

He was however happy that they were able to complete the consolation matches.

“This was a very important feature of the tournament as it gave everybody a chance to play two matches and we did those down by Wolmer’s Boys School,” he said.

Sanguinetti is looking forward to the next series in the competition, which will be held on November 2 and 3.

“Here, we are going to ensure that all the matches are played as we will have to tweak the event a bit by allowing players to one single and a double only,” he said.

Kosei Gibbs ruled supreme in the Boys Under 12 division after defeating Daniel Woe 6-4 in the final. Gibbs advanced after stopping Mickele Wilson 4-1 in one semi-final, while in the other, Woe eliminated Leo Cuffe 4-1.

Shadae Parkinson came out on top among the Girls after a 4-2 win over Asalee Morris.

Jairdan Gibbs came out on top among the Under 14 Boys as he took care of Jamar Parkinson in the final 4-1, 4-2. Gibbs advanced after taking out Delano Reece 4-0, 4-2 in the semi-finals, while Parkinson beat Kosei Gibbs 4-1, 4-2 in his semi-final.

Bad light forced the stoppage of the Boys under 16 finals with Russell Fairman and Delano Reece, with an intriguing battle in progress. In semi-final action, Fairman got by Joshua Graveney 10-5, with Reece rushing past Cole McNair 10-4 in the other.

The Boy’s Under 18 clash between Damani Cain and John Azar did not take place due to bad light. Cain, in his semi-final, had gotten by Carlos Wilson 10-6, while Azar edged out Morris Campbell 10-9 in a very close encounter.