Caribbean Squash Championships: Semifinal berths for multiple Guyanese players

Guyana’s Ashley Khalil, Mary Fung- A- Fat have advanced to the Women’s Semifinal in the ongoing Caribbean Senior Squash Championships while the likes of Jason- Ray Khalil, Shomari Wiltshire and Daniel Ince have progressed to the Men’s quarterfinals.

The National Racquet Center and the Georgetown Club were buzzing with excitement on Sunday when the 2025 Caribbean Senior Squash Championships served off in Guyana.
The competition began with the Individuals category, which is set to wrap up on Tuesday, November 25, followed by the commencement of the team’s competition.
Mary Fung- A- Fat had an excellent start to her campaign, defeating Andrea Tapiz, 11-3, 11-3, 11-1 in the first round. The Guyanese went on to pip her country woman Larissa Wiltshire 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 and then upstaged Canada’s Melina Turk, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 to move on to the semifinal. However, fortunes were not on the Guyanese player’s side as she fell to Megan Best 11-3, 11,-8, 11-4, missing out in the final.
Recently crowned, runner- up Sportswoman of the year, Ashley Khalil had a similar run. Khalil overcame Susie Howell 11-5, 11-1, 11-5 in her first game, going on to defeat Marie- Claire Barcant 11-4, 11-2, 11-3. She then got the better of Barbados’ Amanda Haywood in a fiercely contested contest, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 to move on to the semis.

There, Khalil faced off with second- seeded Margot Prow of Barbados, losing 7-11, 4-11, 0-11.
Over in the men’s individual competition, Shomari Wiltshire started with a bye in the first round but went on to prove his worth with a 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 victory over Cayman Island’s Isaiah Robinson. Wiltshire then upstaged Barbados’ Shawn Simpson 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 to set up a date with Khamal Cumberbatch of Barbados in the quarterfinals.
Unfortunately for the Guyanese, Cumberbatch came out on top of the quarterfinal contest 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.
Jason ray Khalil had a similar run with a bye in Round one and a walkover against David Pitcairn. Khalil then overcame Bermuda’s Noah Browne 11-9, 11-3, 11-5 in the ensuing round to progress to the quarterfinals where he was slated to take on countryman Daniel Ince.
Ince also started his campaign with a bye and walkover, going on to get the better of Anaya Smith 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 in order to secure his quarterfinal spot.
In that quarterfinal, Ince got the better of Khalil in a riveting 4-set game that went 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6 in Ince’s favour. As such, Ince will meet Barbados’ Cumberbatch in the semifinals on Tuesday morning.
Guyana is hosting the 2025 Championships in place of Jamaica; stepping in following Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic impact on the Caribbean Island.