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Guyana makes bright start
Guyana’s national team made a bright start to the 2010 Caribbean Junior Squash Championships on Saturday in Grand Cayman.
Jason Ray Khalil
The tournament began with the individual championships, which runs until today with competition in the under 13, 15, 17 and 19 categories.
Guyana has a very strong chance of winning a number of individual titles, especially in the girl’s categories where they have the number one seeds in three out of the four categories.
Mary Fung-A-Fat
Taylor Fernandes
The first two rounds of the individual categories were completed on Saturday with the first major upset of the tournament in the under 13 girls where number two seed Larissa Wiltshire went down to the greatly improved Trinidadian Faith Gillezeau in the quarter final.
Guyana’s honour was restored when Benjamin Mekdeci took out the number two seed Danny Chesham of Barbados to book a semi-final spot in his very first outing at the Caribbean level.
The Guyanese will be hoping to increase their tally of two individual titles which they won last year through Victoria Arjoon and Keisha Jeffrey, as well as retain all three of their team titles.
Complete Results from Saturday’s Matches
Girls Under 13
1st Round – (2) Larissa Wiltshire defeated Amanda Haywood (BAR) 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
Quarter Finals – (3/4) Taylor Fernandes defeated Jamie Lee Edgehill (T&T) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
Quarter Finals – (2) Larissa Wiltshire lost to (5/8) Faith Gillezeau (T&T) 2-11, 11-9, 10-12, 2-11
Boys Under 13
1st Round – Patrick Fraser defeated (5/8) Khamal Cumberbatch (BAR) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3
1st Round – (5/8) Ben Mekdeci defeated Dylan Pratt (BER) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5
Quarter Finals – Patrick Fraser lost to Iain McCullum (CAY) 4-11, 6-11, 1-11
Quarter Finals – (5/8) Ben Mekdeci defeated Danny Chesham (BAR) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3
Girls Under 15
1st Round – (5/8) Akeila Wiltshire defeated Erin Anderson (OECS) 11-2, 11-5, 11-0
1st Round – (1) Victoria Arjoon defeated Dana Saulter (JAM) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
Quarter Finals – (5/8) Akeila Wiltshire lost to (2) Charlotte Knaggs (T&T) 1-11, 6-11, 9-11
Quarter Finals – (1) Victoria Arjoon defeated Angelique Jackson (T&T) 11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Boys Under 15
Round of 16 – (5/8) Nyron Joseph defeated (9/16) Nico Tummings (CAY) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Round of 16 – (2) Jean Claude Jeffrey defeated (5/8) Jacob Gillezeau (T&T) 11-4, 14-12, 11-6
Girls Under 17
1st Round – (1) Mary Fung-A-Fat defeated Ashley Fox (BAH) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2
Quarter Finals – (2) Ashley deGroot defeated (5/8) Emily Farah (T&T) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6
Quarter Finals – (1) Mary Fung-A-Fat defeated (5/8) Alex Marshall (BER) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2
Boys Under 17
1st Round – (1) Jason Ray Khalil defeated Cody Stafford (CAY) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Quarter Finals – (1) Jason Ray Khalil defeated (5/8) Beau Orchard (BER) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
Girls Under 19
1st Round – (1) Keisha Jeffrey defeated Zoe Lisk (BAR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
1st Round – (3) Kayla Jeffrey defeated Amanda Walker (BAR) 11-1,11-3,11-0
Quarter Finals – (1) Keisha Jeffrey defeated (5/8) Kelly Barnes (BER) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9
Quarter Finals – (3) Kayla Jeffrey defeated (5/8) Rachel Barnes (BER) 12-10, 11-2, 11-9
Quarter Finals – (2) Ashley Khalil defeated (5/8) Lauren Mahfood (JAM) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
Boys Under 19
1st Round – Lee Fung-A-Fat lost to (9/16) Josh Myren (CAY) 6-11, 2-11, 6-11
1st Round – Jason Van Dyk lost to (9/16) Van Rolle (BAH) 1-11, 8-11, 3-11
Round of 16 – (3) Alex Arjoon defeated (9/16) David Lawrence (JAM) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Round of 16 – (5/8) Deje Dias defeated (9/16) Johnathan O’Dowd (BAR) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.
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