Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Tournament concludes

Dec 16, 2013 Sports

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Wiltshire clan dominate on Final day

The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one sponsor Digicel concluded with exciting play in the Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Tournament which was held at the Georgetown Club Ltd. Squash courts with the Wiltshire siblings, 10-year-old Shomari and his sisters Larissa and Akeila making a clean sweep for the Wiltshire clan yesterday.

Several of the country’s top junior players were in action on the final day of play and they did not disappoint the parents and spectators who turned up to witness the matches. At the end of the competition the presentation of prizes was done by Karen Gomes a representative of Farfan & Mendes.
Shomari Wiltshire came up against Matthew Phang. The winner in this match would be the champion in this category since they had both played unbeaten up to this point. Shomari won the first game 11 – 8. Matthew led for most of the second game and had game balls at 10 –9 and 11 – 10 but Shomari kept his nerve and won the second game 13 – 11.
Matthew was always in the lead in the third game but this time there would be no coming back for Shomari as Matthew won this game 11 – 7. In the fourth game Shomari jumped out to a 7 – 1 lead and it looked as if it was all over for Matthew but he showed great fighting spirit and clawed his way back into the game. He won the next six points to even the score at 7 all and it was back and forth thereafter but Matthew closed out the game 11 – 9 to set up a deciding fifth and final game.
Matthew led 3 – 2 but Shomari won the next six points to move to 8 – 3 and even though Matthew got a couple more points Shomari was able to close out the match 11 – 6.
Larissa Wiltshire and Taylor Fernandes continued their long lasting rivalry. Matches between these two go back and forth. Yesterday it was Larissa who proved to be the stronger player. Larissa won the first game 11 – 5 and the second game would prove to be crucial one as Larissa was able to win this game 12 – 10. This seemed to take most of the fight out of Taylor and Larissa was able to win the third game 11 – 5.
The final match of the tournament also featured two unbeaten players. Alec Melville was up against Akeila Wiltshire. Alec had improved tremendously over the last few months and Akeila would have to be at her best to beat him. Alec won the first game 11 – 9 and at 9 – 5 up and also having two game balls at 10 – 8 it seemed as if he was on course to victory but Akeila clawed her way back into the game and was able to win it 12 – 10.
Akeila was always up in the third and won this game 11 – 7 and at 10 – 7 up in the fourth it seemed as if it was all over for Alec but he showed true grit and determination and won the next five points to take the fourth game 12 – 10. Akeila came out in the fifth game with renewed energy winning the first six points and even though Alec made a valiant effort to get back into the game the lead would prove to be too much with Akeila winning the deciding game 11 – 6.
In some of the other keys contests:
Category F
Nechemiyah Levans was definitely the class of this category and proved to be much too strong for all of his opponents. Nechemiyah defeated Tome Reis 11 – 1, 11 – 2 and then against Rayad Boyce he won the first game 11 – 0 then Rayad defaulted the second game. Kirsten Gomes also beat Rayad Boyce 11 – 3, 11 – 3 and then defeated Aliyah Persaud 11 – 3, 11- 4. Paige Fernandes defeated Alexander Persaud 11 – 5, 11 – 6.
Category E
Rajiv Lee defeated Madison Fernandes 11 – 3, 11 – 3 to remain unbeaten in this category. Daniel Lowe secured a walkover from Jamila Da Silva.
Category D
Gianni Carpenter remained unbeaten in this category with a straight set win over Dominic Collins 11 – 2, 11 – 4, 11 – 9 and Jonathan Edwards defeated Demetrius DeAbreu 11 – 4, 11 – 7, 11 – 9.
Category C
Jael Gaskin had to work hard to defeat Savannah Mendes as Savannah won the first game 11 – 7 but Jael bounced back to win the second game 11 – 3. The third game would prove to be the crucial game as Jael was able to prevail 13 – 11 and closed out the match with an 11 – 7 win in the fourth game. Anthony Islam prevailed over Dennis Bagot winning 11 – 4, 11 – 8, 11 – 7. In the match- up between the two top Under 13 girls who were placed in this category, Makeda Harding defeated Maya Collins three games to nil. Makeda won the first game 11 – 6. The second game was a lot closer but Makeda won it 11 – 8 and then closed out the match with an 11 – 6 win in the third game.
Category B
This category had two outstanding final day matches. Rebecca Low was matched up against Alex Cheeks. Alex won a close first game 11 – 9 and then won the second game 11 – 8. Rebecca bounced back to win the third game 11 – 8 but Alex seemed to have the match all sewn up in the fourth with two match balls at 10 – 8 and then another match ball at 11 – 10, but Rebecca summoned up all her energy and eventually prevailed 13 – 11 to set up a deciding fifth game. At 7 all in the fifth it was anyone’s game but Alex won the next four points and the match 11 – 7.
Meanwhile, matches continued on Saturday with several interesting games. Results were:
Morning session
Category F
Kirsten Gomes beat Alexander Persaud 11 – 5, 11 – 7
Paige Fernandes beat Tome Reis 11 – 4, 11 – 7
Rayad Boyce defeated Aliyah Persaud 11 – 4, 11- 9
Tome Reis beat Aliyah Persaud 11 – 4, 11 – 6
Rayad Boyce beat Paige Fernandes 12 – 10, 7 – 11, 11 – 6
Category E
Rajiv Lee beat Nathan Rahaman 11 – 3, 11 – 3
Michael Alphonso beat Daniel Lowe 15 – 13, 8 – 11, 11 – 6
Category D
Gianni Carpenter defeated Demetrius DeAbreu 11 – 8, 11 – 7, 11 – 2
Dominic Collins defeated Zachary Persaud 6 – 11, 6 – 11, 11 – 4, 11 – 8, 11 – 3
Jonathan Edwards defeated John Phang 11 – 9, 11 – 7, 8 – 11, 11 – 7
Category C
Savannah Mendes defeated Anthony Islam 11 – 9, 11 – 7, 5 – 11, 11 – 7
Michael Ramroop defeated Makeda Harding 11 – 3, 11 – 5, 10 – 12, 11 – 7
Dennis Bagot beat Maya Collins 11 – 6, 11 – 4, 11 – 1
Evening Session
Category F
Tome Reis beat Alexander Persaud 11 – 5, 11 – 8
Category E
Rajiv Lee beat Jamila Da Silva 11 – 1, 11 – 7
Michael Alphonso beat Nathan Rahaman 11 – 0, 11 – 4
Category D
John Phang defeated Dominic Collins 11 – 9, 9 – 11, 11 – 8, 11 – 3
Gianni Carpenter defeated Zachary Persaud 11 – 4, 11 – 9, 11 – 3
Category C
Jael Gaskin defeated Dennis Bagot 13 – 15, 11 – 4, 11 – 8, 11 – 5
Michael Ramroop beat Maya Collins 11 – 5, 11 – 5, 11 – 5
Anthony Islam beat Makeda Harding 11 – 3, 11 – 1, 9 – 11, 11 – 9
Category B
Shomari Wiltshire beat Alex Cheeks 11 – 4, 11 – 2, 11 – 4
Matthew Phang beat Daniel Islam 11 – 4, 11 – 9, 11 – 4
Category A
Alec Melville defeated Larissa Wiltshire 12 – 10, 11 – 7, 11 – 3
Akeila Wiltshire defeated Taylor Fernandes 11 – 8, 11 – 5, 11 – 6.
The winners in the various categories were as follows.
Category F
Winner: Nechemiyah Levans
Second Place: Kirsten Gomes
Third Place: Rayad Boyce
Fourth Place: Paige Fernandes
Fifth Place: Tome Reis
Category E
Winner: Rajiv Lee
Second Place: Michael Alphonso
Third Place: Madison Fernandes
Fourth Place: Daniel Lowe
Fifth Place: Jamila Da Silva
Category D
Winner: Gianni Carpenter
Second Place: Jonathan Edwards
Third Place: John Phang
Fourth Place: Dominic Collins
Fifth Place: Zachary Persaud
Category C
Winner: Jael Gaskin
Second Place: Michael Ramroop
Third Place: Anthony Islam
Fourth Place: Savannah Mendes
Fifth Place: Dennis Bagot
Category B
Winner: Shomari Wiltshire
Second Place: Matthew Phang
Third Place: Alex Cheeks
Fourth Place: Rebecca Lowe
Category A
Winner: Akeila Wiltshire
Second Place: Alec Melville
Third Place: Larissa Wiltshire
Fourth Place: Taylor Fernandes
Special Awards
Most Promising Boy: Nechemiyah Levans
Most Promising Girl: Kirsten Gomes
Most Improved Boy: Gianni Carpenter
Most Improved Girl: Savannah Mendes
Most Outstanding Boy: Shomari Wiltshire
Most Outstanding Girl: Akeila Wiltshire

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