The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel opened its season for 2015 with the holding of the annual Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc. squash courts.
This is one of the most eagerly awaited tournaments on the association’s calendar and for this year’s tournament there were a record number of entries with more than 60 persons participating. The tournament is divided into two categories, and play commenced on the opening night with matches in the Open category.
Results in the evenings opening matches were as follows:
Open Category
John Maikoo +7 defeated Timothy Jonas +10 15 – 11, 10 – 15, 15 – 9
Ingram Edwards +4 defeated Stephen Fernandes +7 15 – 12, 8 – 15, 15 – 11
Dwayne Jan +9 defeated Andrea King+8 8 – 15, 15 – 13, 15 – 13
Joe Mekdeci 0 defeated Taylor Fernandes+6 13 – 15, 15 – 12, 15 – 9
Daniel Islam +7 beat Robert Hiscock +8 16 – 14, 15 – 5
Shane Seebarran +11 beat Jonathan Fernandes +9 15 – 11, 15 – 11
Sarah Lewis +11 defeated Robin Low +10 18 – 16, 8 – 15, 15 – 10
Anthony Islam +9 defeated Haopei Yang +10 15 – 13, 15 – 9
Raphael De Groot -13 defeated Medhi Ramdhani +5 15 – 11, 15 – 12
Kyle Waldron +10 defeated Jonathan Edwards +12 15 – 10, 15 – 8
Ashley de Groot +1 beat Alex Cheeks +7 15 – 8, 15 – 9
Ben Mekdeci -11 defeated David Fernandes +8 16 – 14, 15 – 12.
Play is continuing at the Georgetown Club Inc. courts from 6:00pm nightly, while Saturday action commences 12:00noon with the finals set for Sunday from 12:00noon.