Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Story by: Nigel Simon
T&T’s men’s pair of Fabien Whitfield and Daneil Williams ended in tenth spot out of 18 teams when the Gatorade Beach Volleyball Tournament in Guatemala, the second stage for the Norceca Circuit ended at Campo Marte, Guatemala on Sunday. On Friday when the tournament served off, Canada-1 with Christian Redmann/Benjamin Saxton downed Whitfield/Williams, 21-11, 21-15 in their Pool A opener in their only match of the day. However, the Toco-born duo rebounded and swept past Carl Steadroy Collins and Kemoroy Percival of St Kitts/Nevis 21-6, 21-16, to finish second in the three-team group and advance to the second round main draw knockout phase.
However, with a chance to secure a place in the quarterfinal round on Saturday, the T&T team went under to Canada-2 team of Maverick Hatch and Samuel Schachter 20-22, 15-21, to end in tenth spot. The local women’s team of Elki Phillip and Pauline Woodroffe did not fear any better as they ended 13th out of 17 teams. In their Pool B matches, Phillip and Woodroffe, playing as a team for the first time this year on tour were beaten by Canadians-2 Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas (21-8, 21-13) and Mexico-1 (Martha Revuelta with Diana Estrada) 21-15, 21-6, before losing to USA-2 Grin Grey and Jennifer Snyder in the second round main draw knockout, 21-6, 21-12. Last month at the first-leg tournament at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, the T&T pairs of Ayana Dyette/Phillip and Whitfield/Williams also failed to finish among the medals after being dumped at the first knockout stage