President Jagdeo congratulates each member of the victorious junior squash team. In this photo, he is seen congratulating junior player, Ashley Khalil.

PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday welcomed the victorious Guyana squash team to the Office of the President where he congratulated them on their fine performance at the recently concluded regional tournament in Barbados.

“The President was very happy about it. He congratulated everyone individually. We are very grateful that he spent time talking to us. It was quite comfortable for all of us. We enjoyed it very much,” Carl Ince, the team’s coach said, after the meeting with the Head of State.

This is the fifth consecutive year that the junior team has been successful at the regional tournament and Ince was confident that the Guyana team was not going to become complacent and is aiming to repeat their victory next year.

Next year, we have to defend the title once again for the sixth time. We just have to do what we always do. Do our best, and train hard. Most of them are very disciplined and training is not a problem,” Ince told the Government Information Agency (GINA