Bank of Bermuda Foundation Junior Caribbean Squash Championships

Jul 18, 2008 Sports

Guyana Boys beat OECS and Jamaica, the Girls dispose of Barbados

Guyana’s junior squash team made an impressive start to the team competition of the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships, in Bermuda.

As expected the girls team disposed comfortably of Barbados 4-1, with Daina King the only player to loose against under-19 girls finalist Cheri-Ann Parris of Barbados.

The Boys took on the OECS in the morning and chose to rest two of their key players, Raphael DeGroot and Abhishek Singh, for their tricky afternoon assignment against Jamaica.

The boys duly dispatched the OECS 3-2, with wins from Deje Dias, Alexander Arjoon and Jean-Claude Jeffrey.

In the evening against Jamaica under-15 Abhishek Singh started the ball rolling with an impressive 3-0 over Josh Mahfood. Deje Dias continued the momentum with a clinical 3-0 win over Stephen Reid.

Next up it was number 1 under-19 Raphael DeGroot against Bruce Burrowes, the player who had knocked him out of the individual championships.

DeGroot put on a master class, pouncing on anything loose to keep Burrowes on the defensive, then finished the points with clinical efficiency.

He set the tone for the rest of the team with the surprise 3-0 win and Nyron Joseph followed his example with gritty 3-2 victory over under-13 finalist Jake Mahfood.

It was then left to Alexander Arjoon to complete the unexpected whitewash with a 3-0 victory over Julian Morrison.

This means that even if Guyana loose in their final group match against the strong Cayman Islands boys team they are still guaranteed of advancing to the semi-final stage. Guyana are hunting team glory in the boys, girls and overall team categories.
Full Results July 16, 2008:
BOYS
Guyana def OECS 3-2
U19 Oliver Kear-Downs lost Joe Chapman 3-9, 3-9, 3-9
U19 Deje Dias def Jules Snaggs 9-0, 10-9, 9-1
U17 Alexander Arjoon def Stefan Joseph 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
U15 Nyron Joseph lost Kevin Hannaway 1-9, 4-9, 0-9
U13 Jean Claude Jeffrey def Rory Thornton 9-2, 9-0, 9-7

Trinidad & Tobago def Barbados 4-1
U19 Kevin Ross def Ciaran Raymer 9-3, 9-2, 9-0
U19 Justin Sanguinette def Ryan Foster 9-3, 9-2, 9-1
U17 Kale Wilson def Jonathan O’Dowd 9-1, 9-2, 9-1
U15 Mandela Patrick lost Matthew Mackenzie 1-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-3, 9-6
U13 Nku Patrick def Stewart St. John 9-7, 9-2, 9-0

Jamaica def Cayman Islands 3-2
U19 Bruce Burrowes def Jake Kelly 8-9, 7-9, 9-8, 9-2, 9-7
U19 Stephen Reid lost Ryan McConvey 1-9, 0-9, 0-9
U17 David Lawrence lost Cameron Stafford 1-9, default
U15 Joshua Mahfood def Nick Cameron 8-10, 9-5, 9-3, 9-3
U13 Jake Mahfood def Iain McCallum 9-0, 9-3, 9-0

Bermuda def Barbados 5-0
U19 Robert Maycock def Ciaran Raymer 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
U19 Micah Franklin def Ryan Foster 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
U17 Kristian Muldoon def Jonathan O’Dowd 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
U15 Noah Browne def Matthew Mackenzie 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
U13 Beckett Simmons def Stewart St. John 9-2, 10-8, 9-4

OECS def Cayman 3-2
U19 Joe Chapman lost Jake Kelly 5-9, 4-9, 9-5, 3-9
U19 Jules Snaggs def Ryan McConvey 8-10, 5-9, 9-3, 9-6,
U17 Stefan Joseph lost Cameron Stafford 1-9, 0-9, 0-9
U15 Kevin Hannaway def Nicholas Cameron 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
U13 Rory Thornton def Iain McCallum 9-1, 9-5, 9-2

Guyana def Jamaica 5-0
U19 Raphael DeGroot def Bruce Burrowes 9-2, 9-4, 10-8
U19 Deje Dias def Stephen Reid 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
U17 Alex Arjoon def Julian Morrison 9-4, 9-0, 9-0
U15 Abhishek Singh def Joshua Mahfood 9-1, 9-4, 9-5
U13 Nyron Joseph def Jake Mahfood 9-10, 9-2, 5-9, 9-4, 9-6

GIRLS
Trinidad & Tobago def OECS 5-0
U19 Kerrie Sample def
U19 Amy Gillezeau def
U17 Jessica Scott def Zoe Sorrentino 9-0, 9-3, 9-1
U15 Emily Farah def Kalina Browne 9-2, 9-5, 10-8
U13 Charlotte Knaggs def Erika Sorrentino 9-1, 9-6, 9-5

Guyana def Barbados 4-1
U19 Daina King lost Cheri-Ann Parris 7-9, 1-9, 0-9
U19 Kayla Jeffrey def Zoe Lisk 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
U17 Keisha Jeffrey def Tanya Marshall 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
U15 Mary Fung-a-fat def Asha Gibbs 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
U13 Victoria Arjoon def Gylla Mackenzie 9-0, 9-2, 9-1

Jamaica def Cayman 3-2
U19 Kristine Bell lost Samantha Hennings 3-9, 3-9, 4-9
U19 Lauren Mahfood lost Courtney Stafford 2-9, 9-7, 3-9, 2-9
U17 Brooke Burrows def Claire Patrick 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
U15 Justine Anderson def Kristina Myren 9-4, 9-1, 3-9, 9-5
U13 Mary Mahfood def

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