Guyana off to resounding start

Jul 12, 2009 Sports

Guyana got off to a resounding start at the 2009 Junior CASA Championships in Barbados, yesterday.
In the morning session eight of Guyana’s 20 players were in action and five of them registered victories.
Two out of the three that lost their first round matches were unfortunate to draw their Guyanese teammates.
Several players received byes into the second round and were scheduled to go into action last evening or this morning.
In the girl’s Under-13, Guyanese champion Akeila Wiltshire is seeded ¾, while Gabrielle Fraser is seeded 5/8.
Two-time Caribbean champion Victoria Arjoon is seeded #1 in the Under-15 category and Guyana have five out of the top eight seeds in the Under-17 category including the top four seeds.
Defending champion Keisha Jeffrey is seeded #1, while Ashley Khalil, Kayla Jeffrey and Mary Fun-A-Fat round out the top four. Alysa Xavier is one of the 5/8 seeds.
In the two under-19 categories Daina King and Raphael deGroot are both seeded 3/4, while in the boys Under-17 category Alexander Arjoon is the top seed and Deje Dias has been seeded 5/8.
In the boy’s Under-15 category Jean-Claude Jeffrey is seeded 5/8 and national Under-13 champion Nyron Joseph is seeded 3/4 in his category. The individual championships are scheduled to be completed tomorrow evening with the finals of all eight categories.
The team tournament will begin on Tuesday and conclude on Saturday evening.
Results from Saturday (yesterday)
First round matches morning session:
Boys U-15 – Shem Marcus (GUY) defeated Brandon Straker (BAR) 8-11 13-11 11-3 12-10
Boys U-17 – Jason Ray Khalil (GUY) defeated Tom Mann (CAY) 11-4 11-5 11-6
Girls U-13 – Larissa Wiltshire (GUY) lost to Brittney Wall (BER) 4-11 11-13 9-11
Girls U-13 – Gabrielle Fraser (GUY) defeated Taylor Fernandes (GUY) 11-4 11-5 11-3
Girls U-17 – Alysa Xavier (GUY) defeated Zoe Sorrentino (OECS) 11-2 11-1 11-6
Girls U-17 – Mary Fung-A-Fat (GUY) defeated Ashley deGroot (GUY) 11-4 11-4 11-3

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