The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with Digicel Guyana will host the Digicel 2014 National Senior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Squash courts from today. The six-day event, which has four categories, will conclude on Sunday.
Action starts in the Veterans Categories and Men’s Open this afternoon from 18.00hrs and continues daily, commencing at the same time with the finals scheduled for Sunday at 11.00hrs.
This is the first time a Men’s Veterans 35 – 49 and Men’s Veterans Over-50 tournament will be held while Women’s Open matches will be held and Mary Fung-A-Fat is tipped to capture her first senior national title since defending champion and Caribbean Squash Queen Nicolette Fernandes is unable to defend her crown because she is scheduled to leave the country today.
But Fung-A-Fat should not expect an easy ride since the talented foursome of Ashley De Groot, Victoria Arjoon, Akeila Wiltshire and Kathy Shuffler could give her some stiff competition.
Defending Men’s Open champion Alex Arjoon will be fully tested with the inclusion in the draw of overseas-based former Caribbean Champion Richard Chin and locals Jason Ray Khalil , Regan Pollard, Nyron Joseph and Ben Mekdeci.
Alwyn Callender is the number one contender for the Veterans Men’s Over-50 while Jo Jo Mekdeci is the number one seed in the Men’s 35-49 Category.