Team No Mercy wins 2, Racqueteers & Team Rivero win 1 each in team table tennis

Belize City, November 7, 2009

Team No Mercy sought to clinch a berth in the Belize table tennis team competition with 2 wins while Racqueteers clinched their place in the playoffs with their 6^th win; Team Rivero posted their 4^th win to exit the competition with 4 wins, 4 losses at the Belize Elementary School auditorium on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Belize Elementary Auditorium with 4 team matches played.

Team No Mercy led by team captain Daniel Habet, Landy Habet, Jamil Bedran and Steven Usher Sr. won over Team Usher-Matus: Petie Usher-Matus, Francis Usher and Henry Usher 5 – 3 and posted their 4^th win when they also dispatched Team ACE: Nelito Ayuso, Jorge Espat and Fareed Ahmad 5-4. They now need to win their next 2 matches to secure a playoff berth.

Team Racqueteers led by team captain Tux Vasquez and Peter Wang and Amir Vasquez triumphed over Team Rivero-Penta 5 – 4, in their first match.

Team Rivero-Penta, led by team captain Ernesto Rivero along with Sheran Murillo, Michael Rivero and Cuthbert Bailey rebounded to win over Team Usher-Matus 5-3.

Only one more week of regular round robin competition remains with 4 team matches left to be played. Four teams have finished the first Round Robin with a total of 8 team matches; of these only Team ACE and Team Racqueteers have qualified to the next round with 6 wins to their record. Team Suga City & Team Jones finished with 5 wins and 3 losses each and now await the outcome of the final games to determine who advances to the Final 4.

The first Round Robin finishes on Saturday November 14, with Team Usher-Matus taking on the Racqueteers and Team Jabiru challenging Team No Mercy, who will face off in their 2^nd match against the winless Team Sukhnandan, while Team Usher-Matus will seek a win over Team Jabiru.

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