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Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Squash tourney starts with exciting duels

Dec 04, 2014 Sports

The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel commenced their annual Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc. squash courts.
Play commenced on the opening night with matches in seven of the eight categories being contested. Matches in the category A which has four of the top juniors in Guyana, are scheduled to commence tomorrow. In categories A – D, matches will be best of five, while in categories E – H matches will be best of three.
Several exciting matches were witnessed as players matched up in their respective categories in this skill level tournament. The match of the evening was between national players Taylor Fernandes and Alex Cheeks. Taylor won a close first game 11 – 8 but then Alex returned the favour by winning the second game also 11 – 8. Alex was retrieving well but Taylor was controlling the game with her powerful drives and delicate drop shots. Taylor won the third game 11 – 7 but Alex quickly won the first four points in the fourth game and it seemed as if Alex would be able to force a fifth and deciding game. However Taylor settled down and won ten straight points before Alex could win a fifth point. She then closed out the game 11 – 5 thus winning the match by three games to one.
Another thrilling match was between two under 11 players Michael Alphonso and Ethan Jonas. This match went the full distance with Michael eventually prevailing after five extremely close games. Michael won the first game 11 – 9 but Ethan won the second game 11 – 8. Michael then won the third game 11 – 8 and had a match ball at 10 – 9 in the fourth game but Ethan dug deep and won the next three points to take the fourth game 12 – 10. The fifth game was close throughout but after trailing 7 – 8, Michael won the next four points to win the fifth and deciding game 11 – 8.
Results in each of the categories were as follows.
Category H
Mohyryan Baksh defeated Isabella Ramjohn 11 – 2, 11 – 2
Paige Fernandes defeated Teija Edwards 11 – 2, 11 – 6
Geovanna Dos Santos lost to Beau Fernandes 9 – 11, 9 – 11
Category G
Jason Gomes beat Liam Carpenter 11 – 6, 11 – 5
Chad DeAbreu lost to Kamir Khan 1 – 11, 1 – 11
Category F
Haley Carpenter lost to Nathan Rahaman 10 – 12, 11 – 6, 10 – 12
James Mekdeci beat Aliyah Persaud 11 – 3, 11 – 6
Category E
Madison Fernandes beat Nadine Jairam 11 – 7, 11 – 8
Daniel Lowe lost to Kirsten Gomes 4 – 11, 4 – 11
Category D
Gianni Carpenter beat Dominic Collins 11 – 3, 11 – 6, 11 – 3
Michael Alphonso beat Ethan Jonas 11 – 9, 8 – 11, 11 – 8, 10 – 12, 11 – 8
Lucas Jonas lost by walkover to Demetrius De Abreu
Category C
Rebecca Low beat Maya Collins 11 -4, 11- 4, 11 – 5 ,
Anthony Islam beat Makeda Harding 11 – 7, 11 – 6, 11 – 4
Category B
Larissa Wiltshire beat Daniel Islam 11 – 4, 11 – 5, 11 – 2
Taylor Fernandes beat Alex Cheeks 11 – 8, 8 – 11, 11 – 7, 11 – 5
Matches continue today at the Georgetown squash courts from 6:00 pm.

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