President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA), David Fernandes, has disclosed that the nullification of the 2020 season has been a huge disappointment, especially for the nation’s junior squash players.
Guyana’s anticipated participation at the 2020 Pan Am junior squash championships in El Salvador was quashed due to the global COVID-19. It was a great opportunity lost since the association was aiming to expose Shomari Wiltshire, Michael Alphonso, Nicholas Verwey and a few others to topflight squash outside of their comfort zones.
Meanwhile, Guyana’s well-documented history at the Junior Caribbean level was interrupted as the likes of Wiltshire, Kirsten Gomes Abosaide Cagogan, and Alphonso, who captured gold in Trinidad during the 2019 edition of the tournament, were robbed of the opportunity to add further silverware to their cabinets. The Junior CASA was scheduled for Bermuda in July 2020 but was scrapped by the Caribbean Area Squash Association due to the pandemic.