Guyana’s women’s squash team will play Barbados in today’s final of the senior Caribbean squash championships currently being held in Trinidad and Tobago.
Following play on Thursday evening the women’s team defeated Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 while the men’s team trounced the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States 5-0.
Nicolette Fernandes demolished T&T number one Kerrie Sample 11/2, 11/4, 11/3, Ashley Khalil beat former T&T national champion Rhea Khan 11/2, 11,4, 6/11, 11/5, Mary Fung-a-Fat lost to Charlotte Knaggs 11/5, 11/13, 8/11, 9/11 and Victoria Arjoon beat Jessica Scott 11/4, 9/11, 11/5, 11/6.
In the final match of the tie, Ashley DeGroot beat Johanna Augustus 9/11, 11/7, 11/7, 11/2.
Against the OECS, Richard Chin beat Jules Snagg 12/10, 11/6, 11/2, Alex Arjoon beat Kevin Hannaway 13/11, 11/6, 11/7, Julian Chin beat Kevin Bailey 11/9, 11/5, 11/7, Jamal Callender beat Shane Slater 11/4,11/7, 11/8 and Deje’ Dias beat Jason Dole 11/2, 11/5, 11/4.
The veteran’s team though starting all their ties with a two match deficit by not having any representatives in the two ladies categories, lost to T&T 0-5 with all three male players losing.
They also 1-2 to one of the favorites OECS with Dennis Dias, the only winner.
Dias made short work of Ken Adamson with the score of 11/8, 11/1, 11/4.
