Joseph, Fernandes cruise to victories, Pollard dropped

Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash…

In the Open category Nyron Joseph and Taylor Fernandes hardly had to break a sweat, as they comfortably won their matches in the customary Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc. courts on Wednesday evening.

Joseph (-22) had a straight set victory against Jonathan Antczak (+7) 15–13, 15-13, however, former national champion and top ranked player Regan Pollard (-14) was the first main casualty of the event when he was upset by Stephen Persaud 15–1, 15–11.

Fernandes (+4) then cruised to victory against Gabriella Xavier (+12) 15–9, 15–12 while Alex Cheeks (+3) defeated Sarah Lewis (+10) 15-11, 15-7. Veteran player Denis Dias (+10) used all of his experience to overcome Ryan Rahaman (+7) in three games 8–15, 15–11, 15-5.

In category A, Gianni Carpenter (-6) disposed of Rayden Persaud (+13) 16–14, 16-14 while Mikhail Persaud (+10) had to overcome a valiant effort by Joshua Verway (+13) before winning 15–7, 15-12. Paige Fernandes (+8) defeated Grant Fernandes (+13) 15–14, 15-13.

Results of the other matches played on the evening are as follows:

Open category

Javid Rahaman (+5) beat Douglas De Groot (+7) 13–15, 15–9, 15–9

Medhi Ramdhani (+7) defeated Robin Low (+10) 15–9, 15–11

Narendra Singh (+10) defeated David Fernandes (+10) 15–6, 15–4

Deje Dias (-2) defeated Tony Farnum (+11) 17–16, 15–14

Daniel Islam (+3) beat Joe Mekdeci (+4) 15–10, 15–7

Jonathan De Groot (+11) beat Juanita Fernandes (+13) 15–4, 15–10

Adam Alves (+7) defeated Patrick Fraser (+5) 15–9, 15–8

Theron Mohabeer (+7) defeated Andrea King (+10) 15–13, 15-13

Matches continue in both of the categories this evening from 18:00h.