Wiltshire, following in the footsteps of his father Garfield, a former Southern Caribbean squash champion, played unbeaten in the U11 and U13 categories before losing to Ben Meckdeci in the U15 final, to signal the arrival of a precocious talent.
The young Wiltshire did not drop a game against any of his opponents in the U11 competition which saw him playing a whopping 13 matches but he reserved his best squash for the U15 semi- final encounter against a Matthew Phang determined not to be defeated by the young upstart. But Wiltshire had other ideas. He stormed to an 11-1 win in the opening game only for Phang to take the second game 11-8.
Wiltshire regained the initiative with an 11-6 win in the third game but Phang was not going up without a fight and won the fourth game 11-8 setting the stage for an entertaining decisive fifth game.
Phang won the first four points; Wiltshire took the next five and Phang the next three for a 7-5 lead. Wiltshire, however moved to 10-7 before a never-say-die Phang won the next two points to leave the match on tenterhooks.
Wiltshire, though was not to be denied and won the game 11-9.
Makeda Harding won the girls’ U11 category and Sarah lewis the girls’U13 division.Taylor Fernandes was the winner of the girls’u15 category while Nyron Joseph and Akeila Wiltshire won the boys and girls’ U17 categories.
In the U19 category, former Caribbean U17 squash champion Jason Ray Khalil defeated fellow national player Steven Xavier three games to love to win the division while on the distaff side Mary Fung-A-Fat defeated national team mate Ashley De Groot in straight games 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 to be crowned champion.
Complete results of Sunday’s matches are as follows
Boys Under 11
Ethan Jonas beat Daniel Lowe 7-11, 11-8, 15-13
Dominic Collins beat Rajiv Lee 11-2, 11-2
Rajiv Lee beat Nathan Rahaman 11-4, 11-3
Zachary Persaud beat Nathan Rahaman 11-1, 11-4
Zachary Persaud beat Liam Carpenter 11-2, 11-0
Shomari Wiltshire beat Demetrius De Abreu 11-1, 11-1
Lucas Jonas beat Liam Carpenter 11-1, 11-0
John Phang beat Demetrius De Abreu 11-7, 11-5
John Phang beat Michael Alphonso 11-3, 11-2
Gianni Carpenter beat Ethan Jonas 11-5, 11-5
Gianni Carpenter beat Dominic Collins 11-9, 11-4
Lucas Jonas beat Michael Alphonso 11-4, 11-2
Girls Under 11
J’Anay Nedd beat Halley Carpenter 11-4, 11-9
Girls Under 13 & 15
Taylor Fernandes beat Rebecca Low 11-7, 11-3, 11-6
Maya Collins beat Makeda Harding 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10
Boys Under 15
Alex Cheeks beat Michael Ramroop 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Ben Mekdeci beat Daniel Islam 11-0, 11-2, 11-0
Shomari Wiltshire beat Matthew Phang 11-1, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9
Jael gaskin beat Anthony Islam 13-11, 13-11, 11-9
Girls Under 17 & 19
Mary Fung A Fat beat Ashley De Groot 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
Larissa Wiltshire beat Kristina Cheeks 11-4, 11-2, 11-1
Akeila Wiltshire beat Taylor Fernandes 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
Boys Under 17 & 19
Nyron Joseph beat Alec Melville 11-7, 11-2, 11-0
Jason ray Khalil beat Steven Xavier three games to love
Final Tournament Results per category
Boys Under 11
Winner Shomari Wiltshire
Second John Phang
Third Gianni Carpenter
Fourth Lucas Jonas
Fifth Zachary Persaud
Sixth Demetrius De Abreu
Seventh Dominic Collins
Eight Ethan Jonas
Girls Under 11
Winner Makeda Harding
Second J’Anay Nedd
Third Halley carpenter
Boys Under 13
Winner Shomari Wiltshire
Second Alex Cheeks
Third Daniel Islam
Fourth Anthony Islam
Girls Under 13
Winner Sarah Lewis
Second Maya Collins
Third Makeda Harding
Boys Under 15
Winner Ben Mekdeci
Second Shomari Wiltshire
Third Matthew Phang
Fourth Alex Cheeks
Fifth Daniel Islam
Girls Under 15
Winner Taylor Fernandes
Second Rebecca Low
Third Sarah Lewis
Fourth Savannah Mendes
Boys Under 17
Winner Nyron Joseph
Second Ben Mekdeci
Third Alec Melville
Girls Under 17
Winner Akeila Wiltshire
Second Larissa Wiltshire
Third Taylor Fernandes
Boys Under 19
Winner Jason Ray Khalil
Second Nyron Joseph
Third Steven Xavier
Fourth Ben Mekdeci
Girls Under 19
Winner Mary Fung A Fat
Second Ashley De Groot
Third Akeila Wiltshire
Fourth Larissa Wiltshire
Most Improved Girl Taylor Fernandes
Most Improved Boy Alex Cheeks
Most Outstanding Girl Akeila Wiltshire
Most Outstanding Boy Shomari Wiltshire
Third Akeila Wilts
