Fri 18th, Day SIX - Team Semi-Finals

It’s been a day full of terrific squash and drama here at the BSRA with the team event narrowing down.

Previous winners Guyana had to fight hard to keep their title this year with some of the closest matches I’ve ever seen in a Junior CASA.

The girls semifinal between Guyana and Jamaica was full of emotion and nerves with the last three deciding matches all going down to the wire in the U19, U13, and U15 age groups. Despite Jamaica’s best efforts pushing right down to the last point, it was Guyana who took the bout 3-2 in matches.

In the other semifinal Barbados had to start their match with Trinidad &Tobago at an early disadvantage having only brought four girls on the trip. Unfortunately for Barbados on the day they could not overcome their disadvantage and T&T capitalized winning the match up 3-2. Tomorrow’s final will be a rematch of the group stage match with Guyana against T&T, and 3/4th Barbados.

In the boys semifinal Guyana followed after their girl team by beating Barbados 3-2 in a match up that easily could have gone either way. It was the BU17 match that was the turning point between Benjamin Mekdeci (GUY) and Benjamin Griffith (BAR), and at 2-2 it was anyone’s guess who was going to win it.

The boys battled it out going point for point all the way up to 17-15 which was one of the loudest most nerve racking tie breaks I’ve seen, eventually Guyana winning the match on a straightforward stroke.

In the other semifinal Jamaica took on Trinidad &Tobago in another classic loud and entertaining battle. Jamaica eventually pulled off the win 3-2 by showing strong performances in the BU19 and BU19 #2 spots as well as the BU15 who were all finalists in the individual draw.

Tomorrow Guyana will play Jamaica in the final and Barbados will take on T&T in the 3/4th playoff.

Good luck to all the Teams on Finals day here at the BSRA.

Friday July 18, 2014
Team Championships Results

Girls Semifinals
Trinidad and Tobago d Barbados 3-2
U13 – Aimee De Verteuil l Meagan Best 1-11, 0-11, 0-11
U15 – Alex Yearwood l Amanda Haywood 4-11, 10-12, 4-11
U17 – Marion Gillezeau d Allysa White 11-2, 11-1, 11-0
U19 #2 – Jaime-Leigh Edghill w/o
U19 #1 – Charlotte Knaggs d Gylla Mackenzie 11-6, 11-2, 11-5

Guyana d Jamaica 3-2
U13 – Makeda Harding l Mia Mahfood 11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 2-11
U15 – Rebecca Low d Sarah Conway 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 13-11
U17 – Taylor Fernandes l Alyssa Mullings 11-9, 11-2, 11-8
U19 #2 – Victoria Arjoon d Ashley Lynch 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
U19 #1 – Akela Wiltshire d Mary Jo Mahfood 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-3

Girls 5-7 Playoff
Bermuda d Cayman 4-1
U13 – Abigail Brewer l Jade Pitcairn 13-11, 2-11, 7-11, 7-11
U15 – Olivia Lindsey d Emma Turnbull 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
U17 – Madeleine Rose d Alexandra Artuch 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6
U19 #2 – Susanna Armano d Kali Maclean 11-2, 11-2, 11-2
U19 #1 – Emma Keane d Mischa Kluyver 11-4, 11-2, 11-1

Boys Semifinals
Jamaica d Trinidad and Tobago 4-1
U13 – Sebastian Levy d Christopher Anthony 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8
U15 – Jonathan Walker d Nicholas Caddle 11-6, 11-9, 11-5
U17 – Tahjia Lumley l Chad Salandy 10-12, 7-11, 9-11
U19 #2 – Jake Mahfood d Christian Edghill 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
U19 #1 – Julian Morrison d Nku Patrick 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8

Guyana d Barbados 3-2
U13 – Shomari Wiltshire l Khamal Cumberbatch 11-6, 6-11, 11-13, 8-11
U15 – Alex Cheeks l Josiah Griffith 5-11, 2-11, 3-11
U17 – Benjamin Mekdeki d Benjamin Griffith 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 17-15
U19 #2 – Nyron Joseph d Dean Straker 11-4, 12-10, 11-6
U19 #1 – Jean Claude Jeffrey d Stewart St John 11-3, 11-7, 12-10

Boys 5-7 Playoff
Bermuda d OECS 3-2
U13 – Anaya Smith l Kai Bentick 1-11, 10-12, 6-11
U15 – Taylor Carrick w/o
U17 – Dylan Muldoon l Jason Doyle 3-11, 13-15, 12-10, 11-4
U19 #2 – Dylan Pratt w/o
U19 #1 – Beckett Simmons d Andre Segovia 11-3, 11-4, 11-3

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Draws & Results

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