Following the completion of their Woodpecker Products sponsored junior national championships the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has selected a 19-man squad from which the final 14-man team will be selected.

Local powerhouse players in Raphael De Groot, Jason Ray Khalil, Oliver Downes and the ever improving Nyron Joseph along with Ashley Khalil, Mary Fung-A-Fat and twins Keisha and Kayla Jeffrey on the distaff side have found favour with the selection panel.

Jason Ray Khalil won the Boys Under-15 and 17 titles, Joseph won the Under-13 division and was runner-up to Khalil in the Under-15 and 17 divisions respectively, while Akeila Wiltshire, Victoria Arjoon, Steven Xavier, Deje Dias and Ryan Da Silva are all in with a chance of making the team to Barbados for the July 10th to 19th tournament.

They will be tasked with defending Guyana’s Boys, Girls and Overall team titles which they claimed last year in Bermuda.

The final team of 14 players will be named in mid-June after playoffs involving the players who were unable to participate in the national championships due to CXC exams, as well as others who are currently attending school overseas.

The parents of the children named below are asked to attend a meeting at the Georgetown Club today at 6:00pm.

The squad reads – Girls: Akeila Wiltshire, Gabrielle Fraser, Victoria Arjoon, Mary Fung-A-Fat, Kayla Jeffrey, Keisha Jeffrey, Ashley De Groot, Ashley Khalil, Alysa Xavier and Daina King.

Boys: Nyron  Joseph, Ryan Da Silva, Steven Xavier, Jean Claude Jeffrey, Jason Ray Khalil, Raphael De Groot, Oliver Downes, Deje Dias and Alexander Arjoon.