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Jul 18, 2016 Sports
Guyana had an excellent start on day one of the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships which got underway on Saturday in the Cayman Islands. With only Boys captain Benjamin Mekdeci left to play his match on the opening day Team Guyana had only lost one match with debutant Paige Fernandes winning her matches in both the Under 11 and Under 13 girls divisions and Rithew Saywack causing an upset by eliminating Bermuda’s Dylan Pratt 5 / 8 seed.
Results are as follows:
Girls Under 11
Paige Fernandes defeated Rebekah Nichols (Bar) 11 – 6, 11 – 8, 11- 4
Boys Under 11
Michael Alphonso defeated Brady Holmes (Jam) 11 – 1, 11 – 1, 11 – 4
James Mekdeci beat Josiah McDermott (Cay) 11 – 1, 11 – 1, 11 – 4
Girls Under 13
Paige Fernandes beat Jade Barnard (Cay) 11 – 6, 11 – 3, 11 – 4
Madison Fernandes defeated Rebekah Nichols 11 – 0, 11 – 1, 11 – 2
Girls Under 15
Makeda Harding (2) defeated Skylar Smith (Cay) 11 – 1, 11 – 6, 11 – 3
Maya Collins lost to Charlotte Too Good 5/8 (Ber ) 11 – 7, 3 – 11, 6 – 11, 3 – 11
Boys Under 15
Daniel Islam (3/4) beat Kemar Lord (Bar) 11- 4, 11 – 6, 11 – 1
Anthony Islam (5/8) beat Kyle Haddad (Jam) 11 – 2, 11 – 2, 11 – 3
Girls Under 17
Rebecca Low (5/8) beat Leah Robotham (Jam) 11 – 1, 11 – 4, 11 – 1
Boys Under 17
Alex Cheeks (5/8) beat Karan Dhiman (Jam ) 11 – 0, 11 – 3, 11 – 4
Rithew Saywack defeated Dylan Pratt (5/8) 11 – 4, 11 – 3, 18 – 16
The other Guyanese players were to start their opening matches yesterday in the respective age categories when both the quarter finals and semi finals were be held.
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