Dibbs, Foster win Manchester Open titles
Published: Tuesday | October 27, 2009
Dibbs defeated national representative Kane Watson 13-11, 13-11, 8-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-4, (4-2) to secure his first hold on the trophy.
Foster, the reigning national women's champion, stopped Shenique Clare 11-8, 16-14, 12-10 (3-0) to win her third straight Manchester Open title.
On their way to the final, Foster stopped Andrea Wadsworth 3-1 and Clare trounced Kristen McKenzie 3-0, while Dibbs eased past Paulton Madden 4-0 and Watson ousted Kareem Flowers 4-2.
Madden and Rui Cao won the Manchester male and female parish titles, respectively. In the male final, Madden defeated Robert Thaxter 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (3-0), while the 18-year-old Cao overpowered Camille Hoskins 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 (3-0) in the women's equivalent.
In other finals, Peter Kavanaugh clipped brother Everette Kavanaugh 3-2 to retain his over-40 title; Peter Fearon captured the over-50 trophy by defeating Justin Allen 3-2; Robert Lee beat Thaxter 3-1 to win the men's division trophy; Mark Ricketts won the C equivalent when he stopped Nicholas Mahfood 3-1, while Cao crushed Vanessa Moo Young 3-0 to win the women's B Division crown.
Belair High's Rij Findlay was the lone triple winner of the championships, topping the boy's Under-15, Under-18 and Under-21 Parish titles. Findlay defeated Kahlil Little 3-1 to win the Under-21 crown. He then stopped Johnathan Smith 3-1 in the Under-15 final, then won his third trophy by edging Jaymeon Jones 3-2 in the Under-15 final.