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Ansa McAl/Lucozade handicap Squash tournament… Pollard, Micheal DeGroot register wins in Open Category
Peter DeGroot plays a forehand shot off the wall against Nicholas Narine on Friday night
The ANSA McAl/Lucozade Handicap Squash Tournament continued on Friday Evening and yesterday morning with another round of exciting matches played out at the Georgetown Club. The event, hosted by the Guyana Squash Association (G.S.A.) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel, draws to a close today. In the latest round of matches Michael Atherley defeated President of the G.S.A David Fernandes 2-1 in a match which went down to the wire. Atherley recovered from being 9/15, to take the second game 15/10, before narrowly hanging on to victory in the final game 22/20.
In Category A on Friday Dominic Collins beat Abosaide Cadogan 2-0 (15/7, 15/12), Demetrius DeAbreu beat Georgina Fernandes 2-0 (15/11, 15/1) and Maya Collins beat James Mekdeci 2-0 (15/9, 15/10). Demetrius DeAbreu beat Madison Fernandes 2-0 (15/12, 15/12) and Ethan Jonas beat Georgina Fernandes 2-1 (15/12, 0/15 15/13), while Michael Alphonso held on to a 2-1 victory over Ethan Jonas (11/15, 15/11, 15/10).
In the Open Category Taylor Fernandes beat Adam Alves 2-0 (15/7, 15/10), Regan Pollard, with a handicap of -14 beat Alex Cheeks, who started with a handicap of 8, 2-0 (15/11, 15/11) in a dominant performance. In the other match Peter-Michael DeGroot dominated Nicholas Narain in a 2-0 win (15/12, 15/8).
Yesterday Kirsten Gomes beat Jason Gomes 2-1 (15/6, 9/15, 15/8). Mohryan Baksh beat Liam Carpenter 2-0 (15/11, 15/9) and Ashley DeGroot pulled off an impressive victory over Daniel Islam 2-0 (15/11, 15/13), with DeGroot starting 8 points behind.
The competition was scheduled to continue last night with the finals set for today at the Georgetown Club.
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