The curtains came down on the Woodpecker Products Junior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Courts on Sunday afternoon with Shomari Wiltshire and Makeda Harding producing some of the most dominant performances throughout the five-day event.
All smiles! The respective winners and their trophies along with national coach Carl Ince (far left)
Wiltshire had a clean sweep of the boys’ under-15, under-17 and under-19 categories while Harding was on the verge of achieving an identical feat but she fell short to Taylor Fernandes (playing her final year as junior) in the under-19 category.
Wiltshire defeated Daniel Islam in three tough games 11/6, 11/8, 11/7 for the under-19 title while Fernandes outplayed Rebecca Low in the final match winning comfortably in straight games 11/4, 11/5, 11/6.
The final results in the Girls’ under-11 saw Beau Fernandes securing first while Christiana Fernandes and Isabella Ramjohn came second and third respectively. In the boys under-11 Mohyryan Baksh took the top spot with Louis Da Silva, Nathan Rahaman and Shiloh Asregado took third to four place spots.
Over in the under-13 division, Kirstenn Gomes, Paige Fernandes and Haley Carpenter were the top three girls while Michael Alphonso won for the boys ahead of Demetrius De Abreu, Ethan Jonas and James Mekdeci.
For the Girls under-15, Abosaide Cadogan came second while Kirsten Gomes and Madison Fernandes came third and fourth respectively; in the boys Samuel Ince – Carvalhal was second ahead of Gianni Carpenter (third) and Lucas Jonas (fourth).
In the competitive girls under-17, Abosaide Cadogan had to settle for second with Gomes in third and Maya Collins, fourth while in the boys under17 & 19, Dainel Islam and Alex Cheeks rounded off the top three.
The most improved girl when went to Gomes while Alphonso was given the male award. Not surprisingly Harding and Wiltshire were voted the most outstanding girl and boy respectively.
Below is a summary of all the matches that were played on Sunday: Girls’ under-11: Beau Fernandes defeated Isabella Ramjohn 11/4, 11/8, 11/1; Boys Under 11: Louis Da Silva beat Shiloh Asregado 11/1, 11/8, 11/2; Chad De Abreu beat Dhiren Persaud 12/10, 11/5, 11/4; Mohyryan Baksh beat Nathan Rahaman 11/3, 11/1, 11/5. Girls Under 13: Kirsten Gomes beat Paige Fernandes 11/6, 11/4, 11/1; Boys Under 13: Demetrius De Abreu defeated James Mekdeci 11/5, 11/8, 11/7; Zachary Persaud beat Liam Carpenter 11/0, 11/1, 11/3; Michael Alphonso beat Ethan Jonas 11/4, 11/8, 11/6. Girls Under 15: Kirsten Gomes beat Teija Edwards 11/3, 11/1, 11/1; Makeda Harding beat Aliyah Persaud 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; Abosaide Cadogan beat Madison Fernandes 5/11, 11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 11/6; Aliyah Persaud beat Jahcinta Adams 11/2, 11/1, 11/1; Boys Under 15: Jason Gomes defeated Dominic Collins 5/11, 11/9, 11/4, 11/8; Mikhail Persaud beat Osmond Mack 11/7, 11/8, 5/11, 11/5; Shomari Wiltshire beat Lucas Jonas 11/1, 11/1, 11/2; Samuel Ince-Carvalhal beat Gianni Carpenter 11/3, 11/7, 11/4. Girls Under 19: Taylor Fernandes beat Rebecca Low 11/4, 11/5, 11/6; Taylor Fernandes beat Sarah Lewis 11/1, 11/7, 11/3; Boys Under 17/19: Alex Cheeks beat Anthony Islam 11/3, 11/6, 11/5; Shomari Wiltshire defeated Daniel Islam 11/6, 11/8, 11/7.
Prizes were presented to all winners by Robert Fernandes representative of the sponsors Woodpecker Products Ltd.
The tournament was the final junior event before the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships which are scheduled to be held in Guyana from July 1 – 9.
