Trinidad & Tobago
Colin Ramasra: Currently ranked at #152 on the PSA
rankings, Colin is T & T's most successful professional squash
player at the moment. He was recently crowned National Champion
in May, regaining his title after having withdrawn from the
final due to injury last year. Having represented T & T on the
senior team since 1999, Colin will be looking for his first CASA
title this year after finishing 2nd in 2007.
Ryan Abraham: Ryan is a former junior National champ and
has also represented T & T at the senior level for the past
decade. Ryan just finished 2nd in T & T National Championships,
losing 3-1 to Colin. He has played varsity squash for Harvard
and is currently based in Wales doing a Masters in Sport
Psychology. He is also a level 2 certified coach and is
representing as player / team manager this year. His main goal
is to ensure that T & T win the Team title this year.
Paul deVerteuil: Former multiple national champion.
Recently placed 3rd in T & T Nationals.
Don Lee: Former national champion. Currently based in
Canada. Last regional tournament: Southern Caribbean
Championships 2002 in Trinidad, placed 2nd.
Kerrie Sample: This is Kerrie's first Senior CASA, as she
has only been representing T & T for a year. She won the
Caribbean Junior Championships in her first Junior CASA last
year, but was runner-up this year in Barbados. She was also
runner-up in this year's T & T Open falling to defending champ,
Karen Meakins. She will be looking to produce some upsets in the
individual draw as well as rise to the occasion in the team
event, where the competition at the top slot will be inevitably
strong.
Rhea Khan: Current and multiple national champion. Rhea
has been a Caribbean contender on the senior level since the age
of 14. She recently finished 3rd in this year's T & T Open, and
also placed 4th in the CASA Championships in 2007. She is a very
experienced player and will be looking to produce some upsets
and frustrate her opponents on court with her pure talent for
the game.
Joanna Scoon: Joanna is a former Junior Champion and has
recently finished her degree and varsity career at Princeton.
She has maintained a steady level of squash while based in the
U.S. and has returned to represent T & T at the Caribbean level.
She recently placed 4th in this year's T & T open, but is not to
be underestimated.
VETERANS:
John Holley: John has been T & T's vets champion for
years and is still feared by some of our top mens team members.
He last won the Over 40 title in 2002 in Trinidad, and is our
Over 50 representative this year.
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Bermuda Team
Bermuda is fielding a full Men's and Ladies' Team for this years
CASA Championships.
The ladies team will be led by National Champion, National Team
Coach and former World #26 Denise Sommers. Denise will be
playing her first CASA championships and is hoping to push for the
individual title. She will also be a formidable #1 player in the
team event where she will be ably supported by the rest of the
Bermuda Team featuring Kim Morbey, a fit strong tenacious
player. Yvonne West & Amy Chan, both fiercely competitive and
Michele Turner a newcomer to the National side but looking
for big results in Cayman.
The Mens team features some CASA veterans in Mel Caines and
Stephen Smith who have been competing for Bermuda for many
years. Both are fit, have been training hard and are ready to take
on the best of the Caribbean. Young stars Micah Franklin and
Elijah Simmons will be experiencing their first Senior Casa
and will hopefully be able to learn from the experience of the older
players Tim Shave and Patrick Foster.
Foster will be playing at #1 for the team and hoping for a better
performance in the individuals that in Jamaica 2007.
The Bermuda Team is excited for a fabulous trip to Cayman and some
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