Woodpecker Products Ltd Junior National Squash Championships 2017…

May 13, 2017 Sports, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....-championships-2017/

Junior players display excellent form in early going

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is holding its second junior tournament for 2017, the Woodpecker Products Ltd Junior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Inc courts.

Play continued on day two with fixtures in six of the ten categories up for grabs. Most of the country’s top players are in excellent form and this was evident from their fantastic play on court.

In one of the highlight matches of the evening Kirsten Gomes displayed excellent court coverage during her upset win over Madison Fernandes in their Girls Under-15 match. Both girls showed how much they have improved during the past few months with their excellent all round play. Kirsten won a close first game 11- 9, but Madison rebounded to win the second game in identical fashion 11 – 9. The third game was close throughout but Kirsten eventually won it 11 – 8 and then from 8 all in the fourth she won the next three points to secure the game 11 – 8.

In the Girls Under-19 category defending champion Taylor Fernandes had a straight sets win over Makeda Harding. The first game was extremely close with Taylor winning it 12 – 10. The second and third games were a lot easier with the scores being 11 – 3 and 11 – 7.

Results in the other categories were as follows:

Boys Under 11

Nathan Rahaman defeated Dhiren Persaud 11 – 6, 11 – 2, 11- 3

Shiloh Asregado beat Chad De Abreu 10 – 12, 13 – 11, 14 – 12, 11 – 8

Mohyryan Baksh beat Louis Da Silva 11 – 6, 11 – 2, 11 – 5

Boys Under 13

Ethan Jonas beat Nicholas Verwey 11 – 7, 11 – 2, 11 – 8

Michael Alphonso beat Liam Carpenter 11 – 0, 11 – 2, 11 – 0

James Mekdeci beat Nicholas Verwey 11 – 4, 11 – 2, 11 – 6

Boys Under 15

Shomari Wiltshire beat Dominic Collins 11 – 1, 11 – 1, 11 – 2

Gianni Carpenter beat Jason Gomes 11 – 9, 11 – 3, 11 – 1

Lucas Jonas beat Osmond Mack 11 – 1, 11 – 3, 11 – 2

Girls Under 15

Aliyah Persaud beat Teija Edwards 11 – 1, 11 – 1, 11 – 2

Abosaide Cadogan defeated Jahcinta Adams 11 – 1, 11 – 1, 11 – 2

Girls Under 17

Abosaide Cadogan beat Maya Collins 11 – 7, 13 – 11, 11 – 4

Meanwhile, in opening day’s play several exciting matches were witnessed as players vied to register victories in their matchups.

Results in the respective categories were:

Boys Under 11

Louis Da Silva beat Chad De Abreu 11/0, 11/0, 11/1

Nathan Rahaman defeated Shiloh Asregado 11/0, 11/4, 11/3

Boys Under 13

Ethan Jonas beat Liam Carpenter 11/1, 11/3, 11/1

Michael Alphonso beat Zachary Persaud 11/3, 11/3, 11/2

Demetrius De Abreu defeated Nicholas Verwey 11/3, 11/2, 11/3

Boys Under 15

Samuel Ince-Carvalhal beat Osmond Mack 11/0, 11/1, 11/2

Shomari Wiltshire beat Jason Gomes 11/1, 11/1, 11/1

Gianni Carpenter beat Mikhail Persaud 11/4, 11/2, 11/4

Lucas Jonas beat Dominic Collins 11/4, 11/4, 11/3

Girls Under 15

Makeda Harding beat Kirsten Gomes 11/3, 11/4, 11/9

Abosaide Cadogan beat Teija Edwards 11/0, 11/0, 11/1

Madison Fernandes defeated Jahcinta Adams 11/0, 11/0, 11/1

Kirsten Gomes beat Aliyah Persaud 11/9, 11/3, 11/2

Makeda Harding beat Teija Edwards 11/1, 11/1, 11/1

Matches continue from 5:00pm today.

Madison Fernandes stretches for a ball in a high intensity encounter against Kirsten Gomes on Thursday night.

Mohryan Baskh (right) shows good form and was all over Louis DaSilva.

Ethan Jonas (right) and Nicholas Verwey battle each other on Thursday night.