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Jul 22, 2012 Sports
After a shaky start in the younger age categories on day one Guyana bounced back with authority as several players stormed their way into the semi-final round of the individual category at the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in Jamaica.
Following the elimination of national Under 11 and Under 13 champion Shomari Wiltshire and the Islam twins, Daniel and Anthony Islam in the first round of the U13 category on day one, day two was without any similar heartbreaks of that magnitude for the Guyanese. Guyana managed to make their way into the semi-final of the other seven categories.
Rebecca Low, the lone remaining Guyanese U13 competitor battled her way into the semi-final in the Girls U13 category after stunning Jamaica’s Mia Lake in dominant straight game fashion 11/4, 11 / 0, 11 / 1. Lake had been responsible for eliminating Low’s compatriot Sarah Lewis in the first round.
Girls U15 number one seed Larissa Wiltshire was also impressive in her first match after benefiting from a bye in the first round. In her first match, Larissa who was the runner up to her sister in last year’s U15 final, overpowered Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) Jamie Leigh Nedd without dropping a game 11/ 4, 11/ 2, 11 /5. National U15 champion Taylor Fernandes was also impressive in that category, crushing Ally Artuch of the Cayman Islands 11 / 0, 11 / 2, 11 / 7. One more win from each of the U15 girls and Guyana will have an all Guyanese U15 final for the second year running.
Benjamin Mekdeci and Patrick Fraser raced to their second consecutive wins of the tournament in the U15 category to book their semi-final spots. Mekdeci, who won the Boys U13 title last year, defeated Stephan Morrison 11/7, 11/ 4, 14/ 12 of Jamaica, while Patrick Fraser dominated Fraser McConnell 11/ 3, 11 /1, 11 /7.
After giving his team a scare by losing the first game(8/11), Nyron Joseph found his focussed and won the next three games (11/7, 11 /8, 11/0) to eliminate Cayman Islands’ Sean Murphy from contention in the boys U17 category. Joseph also got by David Mullings in the quarter finals on Saturday winning in four games 3/ 11, 11 / 4, 11/2, 11 / 8.
Overseas based campaigner Jean Claude Jeffrey also progressed to the Boys U17 category semi-final after beating Robert Roper (JAM) in four games 11 / 4, 10/12, 11 / 2, 11/ 5 and Jake Mahfood 9 /11, 11 /4, 11/ 6, 11 /4. The other Guyanese U17 contender Andrew Peroune was eliminated by David Mullings.
Guyana U17 girls duo of 2011 girls under 15 CASA champion Akeila Wiltshire and four time CASA champion Victoria Arjoon also won their first matches are receiving first round byes. Akeila Wiltshire disposed of Dana Saulter 11/4, 11/ 1, 11 /4, while Arjoon dispatched compatriot Gabrielle Fraser 11/5, 11/ 2, 11 /4. Fraser had defeated Angelique Jackson 11/6, 11/ 6, 11/ 3 in her first round match in the U17 category.
In the girls under 19 category, team captain and tournament number one Mary Fung-A-Fat eased to victory against Alex Marshall 11 /3, 11 /6, 11 / 9, while teammate and number two seed Ashley DeGroot similarly overcame Talia Abdool 11/ 6, 11 / 6, 11 / 2. National U19 champion Jason Ray Khalil secured his semi-final place after defeating Romario Constance 11 /2, 11 /2, 11/5, while Steven Xavier was eliminated by tournament number two Noah Browne.
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