Three titles for Henry

Seeded at number one in all three events, Gareth Henry gave a solid all-round performance to take the 'Triple Crown' in Monday night's National Continental Foods Limited-sponsored Open finals of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) Badminton Tournament.

He first defeated Garron Palmer in the singles 16-21, 21-17, 21-17, then teamed with Palmer in the doubles to brush aside the nation's top junior pair of Dennis Coke and Anthony McNee 21-14, 21-13. He returned to take the mixed doubles with sibling Geordine over Palmer and another top junior, Mikaylia Haldane, 12-21, 21-19, 21-16.

National senior champion, Alya Lewis, took the Open Ladies singles, controlling the match to defeat 2009 national junior champion, the 16-year-old Shana-Kay Bailey 21-18, 21-19. In the Open ladies doubles, top seeds Haldane and Heidi Kaye Williams defeated juniors Bailey & Sheinell Hyatt 21-16, 21-14.

In a very competitive C Division, which was sponsored by Premier Optical Limited, only one player was able to take more than one event. Top-seeded Samantha Henry won the ladies singles over number-three Diamond Cassanova 17-21, 21-19, 21-16, then teamed with Daisy Hue to take the ladies doubles over Shameka Pink and Iesha Gordon 21-14, 21-16.

Apart from the large 421 entries over the two weekends, the most notable thing about this CBA tournament was the number of juniors who stepped up their game to challenge the established senior players. This augurs well for Jamaica's prospects in next year's Pan American Junior Badminton Championships which will be staged here in Jamaica.

All matches were played at the CBA headquarters, 176 Old Hope Road.

Below is a full list of the finals results (numbers in brackets indicate seeding):

OPEN (sponsors - National Continental Foods Limited)

Men's Singles - Gareth Henry (1) defeated Garron Palmer (2) 16-21, 21-17, 21-17.

Ladies' Singles - Alya Lewis (1) defeated Shana-Kaye Bailey 21-18, 21-19.

Men's Doubles - Gareth Henry & Garron Palmer (1) defeated Dennis Coke & Anthony McNee 21-14, 21-13.

Ladies' Doubles - Mikaylia Haldane & Heidi Kaye Williams (1) defeated Shana-Kaye Bailey & Sheinell Hyatt 21-16, 21-14.

Mixed Doubles - Gareth Henry & Geordine Henry (1) defeated Garron Palmer & Mikaylia Haldane (2) 12-21, 21-19, 21-16.

C DIVISION (sponsors - Premier Optical Limited)

Men's Singles - Sean Wilson (3) defeated Jamari Rose (4) 21-12, 21-15.

Ladies Singles - Samantha Henry (1) defeated Diamond Cassanova (3) 17-21, 21-19, 21-16.

Men's Doubles - Maurice McLaren & Jamari Rose (3) defeated Kemar Valentine & Orane Burke (1) 21-13, 21-16.

Ladies' Doubles - Daisy Hue & Samantha Henry (1) defeated Shameka Pink & Iesha Gordon 21-14, 21-16.

Mixed Doubles - Orane Burke & Crystal Smith defeated Sean Wilson & D'Anna -Marie Edwards 16-21, 21-13, 21-19.

Winners of the previous weekend's B and C Division events were:

B DIVISION (sponsors - National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited)

Men's Singles - Gerald Isaacs (3) defeated Samuel Ricketts 15-21, 21-16, 21-16.

Ladies' Singles - Shana-Kay Bailey (1) defeated Haedi Kaye Williams (2) 21-8, 21-14.

Men's Doubles - Chadwick Parsons & Delsang Lue-Taim Jr (1) defeated Gerald Isaacs & Jermaine Welsh (2) 13-21, 26-24, 21-12.

Ladies' Doubles - Shana-Kay Bailey & Sheinell Hyatt (1) defeated Haedi Kaye Williams & Cortia Boyd 12-21, 21-16, 21-13(2).

Mixed Doubles - Gerald Isaacs & Deniese Scott defeated Dalton Reid & Cortia Boyd (2) 21-18, 21-18.

D DIVISION (sponsors - The Paper Place)

Men's Singles - Stanley Ling defeated Kamari Morgan 21-14, 21-17.

Ladies' Singles - Kimberly Soares defeated Ashana Davis 13-21, 21-16, 21-15.

Men's Doubles - Joshua Clarke & Hodeem Miller (2) defeated Xavier Shim & Alec Tomlin 21-18, 21-14.

Ladies' Doubles - Pauline Hylton & Toni-Ann Cawley (3) defeated Sasha-Lee Graham & Tonica Haye 21-10, 21-15.

Mixed Doubles - Andrew McMillan & Pauline Hylton defeated Orville Chambers & Trecia Shaw 21-13, 21-10.