The quar­tet of Ama­ra Urquhart, T'Shelle Barnes, Samiya Karim and Nicholi Je­bods­ingh cap­tured their Tier 'A' age-group dou­ble crowns when the Sec­ondary Schools Bad­minton As­so­ci­a­tion's Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships, host­ed by the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion, con­clud­ed at the Na­tion­al Rac­quet Cen­tre, Or­ange Grove Road, Tacarigua on Wednes­day (Jan­u­ary 29).

In the Girls Un­der-21 Sin­gles de­cider, na­tion­al play­er Urquhart of the Port-of-Spain (PoS) and En­vi­rons Ed­u­ca­tion­al Dis­trict out­played fel­low T&T play­er Kara-Ash­ley Robert­son of St George East 21-9, 21-14.

Ear­li­er in the semi­fi­nals, Robert­son beat Imani Mon­segue (North East) 21-18, 21-7 while Urquhart pow­ered past Jes­si­ca Khan (North East) 21-3, 2-10.

In the Dou­bles, Urquhart and Jael Khan (PoS) won the three-play­er round-robin se­ries af­ter beat­ing Mon­segue and Khan 21-16, 21-16 as well as Kaylee Noel and Robert­son by walkover.

Barnes of St George East cap­tured the Girls U-17 Sin­gles af­ter eas­ing past fel­low in­ter­na­tion­al Aliyah Urquhart (PoS) 21-18, 21-17 while she teamed up with Ye­le­na Lewis to top the four-team round-robin se­ries with a 3-0 record for the top spot af­ter wins against Emi­ly Lewis/Al­liyah Urquhart (PoS) 21-17, 21-15; North East's Cheyenne Bho­la/Kimo­ra Bisses­sar 21-16, 21-15 and Vic­to­ria's Emi­ly Balchan/Adi­la Ma­haraj 21-17, 21-15.

In the Girls U-15 Sin­gles, Karim whipped Kaleigh Ra­jku­mar in an all-Vic­to­ria dis­trict bat­tle 21-7, 21-10 fol­lowed by a 3-0 record in the round-robin Dou­bles com­pe­ti­tion with Ra­jku­mar via wins against Kenise Gan­goo/De­von­ish Vin­cent (St George East) 21-7, 21-5; Litisha Daniel/Adia Lall (North East) 21-5, 21-1 and Joan­na Har­ry/Aris­sa Ramb­had­han (St Patrick) by walkover.

Je­bods­ingh was the lone boy to do the dou­ble on the day in the U-15 Di­vi­sion. This af­ter he got the bet­ter of Vic­to­ria team­mate An­drew Bab­wah 21-11, 16-21, 11-2 in their fi­nal be­fore the duo swept past Jared Bhekoo/Ri­car­do Sagram­s­ingh (Ca­roni) 21-18, 21-7 and Luke Mol­lah/Aiden Williams (St George East), by walkover.

Re­sults

Tier A

Boys U-13 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Liam Per­sad (Vic­to­ria) bt Chi­joke Kalu (PoS) 18-21, 21-6, 11-4

Third: De­van Dur­ga (North East) & Liam Ra­jku­mar (Vic­to­ria)

Boys U-13 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Joshua Camp­bell/Liam Per­sad (Vic­to­ra) bt Liam Ra­jku­mar/Lo­gan Wait­he (Vic­to­ria) 21-13, 21-8

Girls U-13 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Azaria Gaskill (South East) bt Rishelle Boodoos­ingh (North East) 21-9, 21-15

Third: Avani Bhagoutie (Vic­to­ria) & Tan­vie Orie (St George East)

Boys U-15 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Nicholi Je­bods­ingh (Vic­to­ria) bt An­drew Bab­wah (Vic­to­ria) 21-11, 16-21, 11-2

Third: Ri­car­do Sagram­s­ingh (Ca­roni) & Luke Mol­lah (St George East)

Boys U-15 Dou­bles Round Robin

Win­ner: An­drew Bab­wah/Nicholi Je­bods­ingh (Vic­to­ria)

Run­ner-up: Jared Bhekoo/Ri­car­do Sagram­s­ingh (Ca­roni)

Third: Luke Mol­lah/Aiden Williams (St George East)

Girls U-15 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Samiya Karim (Vic­to­ria) bt Kaleigh Ra­jku­mar (Vic­to­ria) 21-7, 21-10

Third: Litisha Daniel (North East) & Kenise Gan­goo (St George East)

Girls U-15 Dou­bles Round Robin

Win­ner: Samiya Karim/Kaleigh Ra­juku­mar (Vic­to­ria)

Run­ner-up: Kenise Gan­goo/De­von­ish Vin­cent (St George East)

Third: Litisha Daniel/Adia Lall (North East)

Fourth: Joan­na Har­ry/Aris­sa Ramb­had­han (St Patrick)

Boys U-17 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Aditya Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria) bt Dante Homer (North East) 21-14, 15-21, 11-10

Third: Ri­an Solomon (North East) & Tris­ton Siew­dass (Ca­roni)

Boys U-17 Dou­bles

Win­ner: Tris­ton Siew­dass/Max­i­mas Walsh (Ca­roni)

Run­ner-up: Dante Homer/Ri­an Solomon (North East)

Third: San­jay Maraj/Kezron Williams (North East)

Fourth: Vi­nesh Bharat /Aditya Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria)

Girls U-17 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: T'Shelle Barnes (St George East) bt Aliyah Urquhart (PoS) 21-18, 21-17

Third: Is­abelle Waller (Vic­to­ria) & Adi­ta Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria)

Girls U-17 Dou­bles

Win­ner: T'Shelle Barnes/Ye­le­na Lewis (St George East)

Run­ner-up: Emi­ly Lewis/Al­liyah Urquhart (PoS)

Third: Cheyenne Bho­la/Kimo­ra Bisses­sar (North East)

Fourth: Emi­ly Balchan/Adi­la Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria)

Boys U-21 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Kaveer Ra­moutar (Ca­roni) bt Jace Smith (North East) 21-16, 21-15

Third: Sachin Pha­goo (Vic­to­ria) & Josh Je­bods­ingh (Vic­to­ria)

Boys U-21 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Doniv Pooran/Jace Smith (North East) bt Kevin Ram­di­al/Kaveer Ram­moutar (Ca­roni)

Third: Joshua Ever­s­ley/Alex Per­sad (Vic­to­ria) & Aaron Goolieper­sad/Vish­wanath Maraj (Ca­roni)

Girls U-21 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Ama­ra Urquhart (PoS) bt Kara Ash­ley Robert­son (St George East) 21-9, 21-14

Third: Imani Mon­segue(North East) & Jes­si­ca Khan (North East)

Girls U-21 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Ama­ra Urquhart/Jael Khan (PoS) bt Imani Mon­segue/Jes­si­ca Khan (North East) 21-16, 21-16

Third: Kaylee Noel/Kara Ash­ley Robert­son (St George East)

Tier B:

Boys U-13 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Ke­shav Bachan (Ca­roni) bt Josh Lakhai (Ca­roni) 15-5, 13-15, 7-2

Third: Sadiq Lewis (North East) & Samuel Ram (St Patrick)

Boys U-13 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Ke­shav Bachan/Riza Lal­wah (Ca­roni) bt Jair Alexan­der/Pa­van Ramharack (Vic­to­ria) 15-5, 15-11

Third: Ki­mani Dou­glas/Jonathan Mo­hammed (Ca­roni) & Ak­shay Har­ri­nar­ine/Roland Mendez (South East)

Girls U-13 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Megan Jag­ger­nath (St George East) bt Kacey Chat­ter­goon (Vic­to­ria) 15-7, 15-14

Third: Sarah Steeple (Ca­roni) & Kala Jan (North East)

Girls U-13 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Kacey Chat­ter­goon/Sama­ra Ra­moutar (Vic­to­ria) bt Sarah Steeple/Lacey Su­per­sad (Ca­roni) 15-13, 15-12

Third: & Megan Jag­ger­nath/Kather­ine Vi­jayku­mar (St George East) & Ky­del­la Ben­jamin/Cat­t­leya Car­rera (North East)

Boys U-15 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Ay­don Hamil­ton (South East) bt Jesse Lakhan (South East) 15-6, 11-15, 7-4

Third: Shalom Noy­am (Vic­to­ria) & Jo­hanan Reyes (North East)

Boys U-15 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Ibra­heem Khan/Aidan Ram­nar­ine (Vic­to­ria) bt Ahamad Boodoo/Dar­i­on Mo­hammed (South East)

Third: Shiv­an Sam­lal/Joshua Sookhoo (Ca­roni) & Ronal­do Bis­nath/Rivon Sakhai (Ca­roni)

Girls U-15 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Jayelle Dookhi (Vic­to­ria) bt El­la Marie Young (PoS) 15-11, 15-14

Third: Jen­na Sibaran (South East) & Syan­na Sam­my (St George East)

Girls U-15 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Arya Singh/Sa­hayli Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria) bt Rain­bow Mark/Vaishali Ram­sub­hag (Vic­to­ria) 15-7, 7-15, 7-3

Third: Emi­ly Sam­my/Jen­na Sibaran (St George East) & El­la Marie Young/Chris­tine Chou (Port of SPain

Boys U-17 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Jabari Her­bert (North East)bt Aidan koonoo (Ca­roni) 14-15, 15-9, 7-6

Third: Kayleb Ma­haraj (Vic­to­ria) & Tim­o­thy Ra­goo­nanan (South East)

Boys U-17 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Aidan Koonoo/Ankit Singh (Ca­roni) bt David Ban­doo/Nir­mal Be­har­ry­lal (Ca­roni) 15-6, 15-12

Third: Gabriel Gor­don/De­va Ra­mackhs­ingh (St George East) & She­muel Au­guste/Jabari Her­bert (North East)

Girls U-17 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Se­le­na Seep­aul (South East) bt Aaliyah Har­ri­lal (Vic­to­ria) 15-12, 15-7

Third: Ar­i­ann Ralph (Port-of-Spain) & Sacoya Wal­lace (North East)

Girls U-17 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Kiera Sam/Tian­na Whit­ter (St George East) bt Aliyah Har­ri­lal/Sum­mayyah Khan (Vic­to­ria) 13-15, 15-13, 7-5

Third: Alessan­dra Gon­za­les/Aimee Manoo (St George East) & Ar­i­an­na Mon­groo/Karys­sa Rag­bir (Vic­to­ria)

Boys U-21 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Dante Ha­jarie (St George East) bt Emilio Vil­lafana (Vic­to­ria) 15-5, 15-12

Third: Yan­nick Thomas Brown (Port-of-Spain) & Tris­tan Har­richa­ran (Ca­roni)

Boys U-21 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Akashay Coolal/Dante Ha­jarie (St George East) bt Yan­nic Thomas Brown/Nicoli Mod­este (Port-of-Spain) 15-3, 15-12

Third: Aiden Phipps/Mar­ck Racha (St George East) & neval Mykoo/Daniel Singh (Ca­roni)

Girls U-21 Sin­gles

Fi­nal: Char­lotte Reyes (Port-of-Spain) bt Suri­ah Nages­sar (Vic­to­ria) 15-7, 15-10

Third: Chelsea Ram­dath (Vic­to­ria) & Shar­lene Phillip (Port-of-Spain)

Girls U-21 Dou­bles

Fi­nal: Kelsey Marie Pe­ters/Jade­sha Ra­jku­mar (Ca­roni) bt Suri­ah Nages­sar/Chelsea Ram­dath (Vic­to­ria) 5-15, 15-10, 7-6

Third: Rae­je­nee Lessie/Sar­ic­ah Whit­ti­er (Port-of-Spain) & Anassta­sia Milling­ton/As­syra Milling­ton (Vic­to­ria)