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Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas tournament 2014 concludes
The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel hosted the annual Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc. squash courts.
Junior Squash players display their prizes along with National Coach Carl Ince (left back row) after the presentation yesterday.
Play concluded with the final set of matches yesterday which proved to be extremely excited an entertaining.
The match of the day featured the top two players in Category ‘A’ Nyron Joseph and Ben Mekdeci. Ben came out like a man possessed and easily won the first game 11 – 5. He again moved out front in game two and was up 10 – 8 game ball but Nyron won the next four points to win the game 12 – 10. The next game was also extremely close but Nyron prevailed winning 11 – 9. The loss of this game seemed to take all of the fight out of Ben as Nyron easily won the fourth game 11 – 3.
Another epic battle took place between Maya Collins and Makeda Harding in Category ‘C’. Maya won the first game 13 – 11. Makeda then won the second game 11 – 8 and also the third game 11 – 4. Maya however would not give up and fought hard to win the fourth game 11 – 9. The fifth game would go back and forth but Makeda eventually prevailed 11 – 9.
Final Results in each of the categories were as follows:
Category H
Mohyryan Baksh beat Paige Fernandes 11- 8, 9 – 11,11 – 7
Beau Fernandes defeated Isabella Ramjohn 18 – 16, 23 – 21
Teija Edwards beat Geovanna Dos Santos 11 – 9, 12 – 10
Category G
Samuel Ince-Carrahal beat Jason Gomes 11 – 9,11 – 3
Liam Carpenter beat Chad De Abreu 11 – 7,6 – 11,11 – 5
Category F
Gareth Da Silva beat Halley Carpenter 11 – 7, 11 – 7
Nathan Rahaman beat Gareth Da Silva 8 – 11,11 – 3,11 – 7
Nathan Rahaman beat Aliyah Persaud 11 – 5, 11 – 8
Category E
Zachary Persaud beat Madison Fernandes 11 – 8, 11 – 3
Kirsten Gomes beat Nechemiyah Levans 11 – 7,6 – 11,13 – 11
Zachary Persaud beat Nechemiyah Levans 10 – 12,11 – 8,11 – 3
Nechemiyah Levans beat Madison Fernandes 11 – 4, 11 – 8
Category D
Demetrius De Abreu lost to John Phang 7 – 11,8 – 11,1 – 11
Gianni Carpenter beat Demetrius De Abreu 11 – 2, 3 – 11, 11 – 4, 11 – 9
John Phang beat Dominic Collins 11 – 7,11 – 8,13 – 11
Category C
Rebecca Low beat Jael Gaskin 11 – 6,11 – 6,6 – 11,8 – 11,11 – 1
Maya Collins beat Jael Gaskin 10 – 12,11 – 9,11 – 3,3 – 11,11 – 5
Makeda Harding beat Maya Collins 11 – 13,11 – 8,11 – 4,9 – 11,11 – 9
Category B
Larissa Wiltshire beat Taylor Fernandes 11 – 7, 11 – 6,11 – 6
Taylor Fernandes beat Daniel Islam 11 – 7, 11 – 6,7 – 11,11 – 2
Shomari Wiltshire beat Alex Cheeks 6 – 11,11 – 8,11 – 4,8 – 11, 11 – 2
Daniel Islam beat Matthew Phang 11 – 8,11 – 5,6 – 11, 9 – 11,11 – 6
Category A
Nyron Joseph defeated Ben Mekdeci 5 – 11,12 – 10,11 – 9,11 – 3
Akeila Wiltshire defeated Alec Melville 11 – 5, 13 – 11,11 – 3
Final placing in the respective categories were as follows:
Category H
Mohyryan Baksh – Winner
Paige Fernandes- Second
Beau Fernandes – Third
Teija Edwards – Fourth
Category G
Samuel Ince-Caralhal – Winner
Jason Gomes – Second
Kamir Khan – Third
Category F
James Mekdeci – Winner
Nathan Rahaman – Second
Gareth Da Silva – Third
Category E
Zachary Persaud – Winner
Nechemiyah Levans – Second
Madison Fernandes – Third
Kirsten Gomes – Fourth
Category D
Gianni Carpenter – Winner
John Phang – Second
Ethan Jonas – Third
Dominic Collins – Fourth
Category C
Anthony Islam – Winner
Rebecca Low – Second
Makeda Harding – Third
Maya Collins – Fourth
Category B
Larissa Wiltshire – Winner
Shomari Wiltshire – Second
Taylor Fernandes – Third
Mathew Phang – Fourth
Category A
Nyron Joseph – Winner
Ben Mekdeci – Second
Akeila Wiltshire – Third
Most Improved boy- Anthony Islam
Most improved girl – Kirsten Gomes
Most Outstanding boy – Nyron Joseph
Most outstanding girl – Larissa Wiltshire
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