Little Rascals race away with Farfan and Mendes team title

Jun 18, 2012 Sports

The combined efforts of Jason Ray Khalil, Larissa Wiltshire, Alec Melville, Gianni Carpenter and Daniel Islam, who called themselves the Little Rascals, proved to be indomitable as they captured the Farfan and Mendes Junior Team Tournament 2012 on Saturday night.
The Little Rascals defeated the Black Panthers in the final match of the tournament at the Georgetown Club’s squash facility to complete an unbelievable unbeaten championship run. The Black Panthers, who were tied for second place prior to their final encounter, almost received the first clean sweep of the tournament but managed to salvage some pride after fourth string Anthony Islam secured their only win in the five team matches.
The loss dropped Black Panthers to third place, while X-Men placed second after defeating fourth place finishers The Abusement Park on the final night. Victorious Secrets finished fifth while Danza Kuduro finished sixth with four losses and a draw.
Khalil was adjudged most outstanding first string of the tournament moments after he completed a convincing 3-0 defeated against Nyron Joseph. Joseph had forced a five-game thriller during the Woodpecker Junior National championships last month which Khalil won, but this time Joseph was swept 9/11, 7/11, 9/1. Khalil won all but one of his five matches of the tournament in straight game fashion.
Little Rascals third string Alec Melville and fifth string Daniel Islam also gained the most outstanding awards at their respective strings. Melville defeated Andrew Peroune 11/2, 11/7, 12/10, while Daniel Islam got the better of Lucas Jonas 11/5, 11/3, 11/5 in the battle against the Black Panther. After losing the first game 9/11 to Taylor Fernandes, Larissa Wiltshire won three straight games (11/6, 11/4, 11/6) to avenge her loss at last month’s junior national championships. Gianni Carpenter had been leading by two games with a chance to help his team sweep the Black Panthers before Anthony Islam spurred a remarkable come from behind 3-2 win.
The Abusement Park and Danza Kuduro played to a draw, since players from both teams were absent. Sarah Lewis conceded a walkover, while Zachary Persaud defeated Haley Carpenter in three games. Arch rivals in the under 15 category Patrick Fraser and Ben Mekdeci played a five-game thriller on the final night won by Mekdeci in dramatic fashion. Fraser had been leading 2-0 before Mekdeci won the third, fourth and fifth games. In the first string battle, Mary Fung-A-Fat defeated Ashley deGroot in five games.
X-Men’s captain Steven Xavier defeated Victoria Arjoon in the first string matchup, but Victorious Secrets’ fourth string Rebecca Low defeated Maya Collins to give her team some hope. Nevertheless X-Men’s Shomari Wiltshire and Makeda Harding won their respective matches by the 3-0 margin to clinch the victory for their team which ensured them second place.
The Farfan and Mendes Junior Team tournament 2012 was the fourth tournament of the year held by the Guyana Squash Association and the final junior tournament before the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s Caribbean Junior Squash Championships which will be held in Jamaica, July 20th – 26th.

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