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January 29, 2010

Two Team Titles for El Salvador on Home Soil

Dos dias excellente - David Diaz, a member of the successful El Savador Junior Boys' Team Photo By: Katherine Garcia

Courtesy of ITTF El Salvador and Guatemala emerged as the most successful countries at the conclusion of the team events at the 19th Central American Cadet Championships; while at the 16th Central American Junior Championships El Salvador and Mexico were the countries in form. They shared the honors. Both events are being held concurrently in San Salvador, the principal city in the small Central American country of El Salvador.

The tournament started on Wednesday January 27th and will conclude on Saturday January 30, 2010.

Closest of the competitions was the Junior Girls’ event.

Comfortable Winners

Close Battle

However, for Honduras when faced with El Salvador, it was to be a reversal of the score line against Guatemala. They were beaten three-two.

The end result was that Guatemala gained second place with Honduras third and El Salvador fourth.

Third place for El Salvador but it could so nearly have been first; they extended Mexico the full five match distance.

More Decisive
’Team event, matters were more decisive.

El Salvador (Edilberto Merino, Luis Mejia, Juan Henriquez, David Diaz) recorded three-nil wins on every visit to the table with Mexico (Jorge Navarro, Alberto Roma, Miguel Lara, Alejandro Garza) in second place and Guatemala (Allan Guttierez, Cesar Lopez, Gabriel Orrellana, Ottoniel Veliz) in third place.

Cadet Boys’ Team event
Success for El Salvador in the Junior Boys’ Team competition and there was also in the Cadet Boys’ Team event.

The squad of Julio Calderon, Carlos Umanzor, Erick Aviles and Ariel Umanzor finished in first place ahead of Mexico (Ulises Herrera, Jose Gomez, Eduardo Portillo, Axel Molina) and Guatemala (Amilacar Acevedo, Mario Valenzuela, Romeo Aldana, Hosni Sandoval).

Cadet Girls’ Team Event
Meanwhile, in the Cadet Girls’ Team event it was success for Guatemala.

Mabelyn Enriquez, Analdy Lopez, Andrea Montufar and Caterine Agustin finished on the top step of the medal podium with El Salvador (Margarita Ortiz, Mariela Monge, Yanci Urias, Andrea Galeano) in second place and Honduras (Andrea Hpert, Daniela Ayestas, Diana Rosales, Diana Avelar), third.