THE Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has had a fruitful first quarter of 2015 according to president David Fernandes, speaking to Chronicle Sport on Sunday.
The Squash boss indicated that for the first four months of 2015, the sport has run as expected. He added that they have had several successful tournaments thus far.
“We had two fantastic tournaments so far for the year; we had the Bounty Farm Handicap and the Toucan Skill Level tournament recently.” He confirmed that all in all, Squash for the year has been as expected.

Currently, the GSA president noted that the association is wasting little time in getting various squads ready for regional competitions right around the corner.
“Already, the squad – the junior squad – is training for the Caribbean Junior Championships (Caribbean Area Squash Association – CASA) to be held in Barbados.”
Some of the players in training are Ben Mekdeci, Nyron Joseph and Alec Meville for the males while the Wiltshire sisters (Akela and Larissa), Becky Lowe and Makeda Harding are hard at work to make the cut for the females. Fernandes said the squad will be selected following the completion of the Woodpecker Products Junior Nationals.
“We have the Woodpecker Junior Nationals starting today and we’re prepping for that. A final team will be named after the completion of that tournament, the squash administrator told Chronicle Sport. The region’s premier junior squash tournament, CASA will take place from July 18 to 25.
The seniors are not being forgotten either with several players already working. “The seniors are training as well. Most of them are training where they reside. Jason Ray-Khalil is here, and Nicolette (Fernandes), Sunil (Seth) and Kristian (Jeffrey) are training where they reside.” Fernandes is in England, Seth is in the United States and Jeffrey is in Canada.
The 23rd Senior CASA Championships will take place in the Cayman Islands from August 16 to 23.