THIS year’s Bounty Farms Handicap Squash tournament, which served off Tuesday night at the Georgetown Club Courts, has seen a record number of entries.More than 60 players have registered for one of the most anticipated tournaments of the Squash Association’s calendar.

Players have been placed into two categories – Open and Category ‘A’. Players begin with either a negative score or a positive score.
John Maikoo with a +7 scored defeated Timothy Jonas with a plus +10 score in three sets; 15-11, 10-15, 15-9; Ingram Edwards (+4) beat Stephen Fernandes (+7) 15-12, 8-15, 15-11; Dwayne Jan (+9) defeated Andrea King (+8) 8-15, 15-13, 15-13.
In other matches – Joe Mekdeci (0) got past Taylor Fernandes (+6) 13-15, 15-12, 15-9; Daniel Islam (+7) beat Robert Hiscock (+8) 16-14, 15-5, Shane Seebarran (+11) beat Jonathan Fernandes (+9) 15-11, 15-11; Sarah Lewis (+11) defeated Robin Low (+10) 18-16, 8-15, 15-10; while Anthony Islam (+9) got the better of Haopei Yang (+10) 15-13, 15-9.
In the last four matches – Raphael De Groot came from a -13 handicap to beat Medhi Ramdhani (+5) 15-11, 15-12; Kyle Waldron (+10) overcame Jonathan Edwards (+12) 15-10, 15-8; Ashley de Groot (+1) bettered Alex Cheeks (+7) 15-8, 15-9 and Ben Mekdeci (-11) defeated David Fernandes (+8) 16-14, 15-12.
Digicel is again on board with this year’s tournament.
Jason-Ray Khalil is the defending Open champion. He upstaged former National champion Regan Pollard, while Makeda Harding crushed Jonathan Edwards to claim Category ‘A’ title in 2014.