GUYANA’S Squash team is confident of bringing home the bacon from the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) tournament in Barbados. Both male and female captains spoke highly of the preparation for the tournament and the work their charges have put in.
Female captain Akeila Wiltshire stated that her charges are prepared for the best the Caribbean has to offer at the junior level.
“I think we prepared enough. We started off a bit late but I think that it didn’t really matter because we put in a lot of work during the week, fitness, running in the park and I think that we are really prepared for the tournament in Barbados this year.”
She continued: “The quality of the team has definitely improved over the years. As I said the fitness has been stiffened, we’ve been working on that; also everyone is involved more than what we had last year so I think we have a better chance of doing well this year.”
Male captain Nyron Joseph is comfortable with the work that his team has put in. “Everyone worked really hard especially with the fitness from last year and even with the court work; they put in a lot of work although we started late. That made me feel really comfortable and I am confident of the work that we put in. We have a strong team and we should be able to catch at least three or four individual titles and that should help when we come to team competition because we want to bring home the gold.”
The teams who departed yesterday and today are: Under-13 boys – Shomari Wiltshire, Samuel Ince-Carvahal, Demetrius De Abreu, Gianni Carpenter, Justin Lilico, Quinn Lilico, and Xavier Gordon; Under-15 boys – Daniel and Anthony Islam; Under-17 – Ben Mekdeci and Alexander Cheeks. The Under-19s have current Men’s & U-19 team captains Joseph and Alec Melville.
On the distaff Under-13 level are Kirsten Gomes, Madison Fernandes, Haley Carpenter, Aliyah Persaud and Sage Gordon while at the U-15 level is Makeda Harding. The U-17s are Rebecca Low and Sarah Lewis while the U-19 team comprises Taylor Fernandes, Larissa Wiltshire, Gabrielle Fraser and U-19 female champion and captain Akeila.
Carl Ince is the coach while Tiffany Soloman is the assistant coach, Wiltshire the manager and David Fernandes is the assistant manager.

By Stephan Sookram