GSA Smalta Easter Junior Tourney
GUYANA’S top junior players produced quite a show on Sunday when the curtain came down on the Guyana Squash Association’s Annual Smalta Easter Junior Team Tournament at the Georgetown Club courts. According to reports, Jason Ray Khalil’s Different Strokes held off a surprisingly tough challenge from Be Aggressive, led by four-time Caribbean champion Keisha Jeffrey, to finish the tournament undefeated and take the title.
It was also a tight fight for second place with The Herd and Gravity Challenged going at it with the knowledge that a win would secure second and could possibly challenge for first if Different Strokes faltered.  
After the first four matches were complete the encounter was tied at 2-2 before Jason Van Dyke became the hero of his team by outlasting a determined Alysa Xavier 3-2.
South American Games bronze medallist Ashley Khalil led Run For Cover to a surprise win over Kayla Jeffrey’s Pit Bulls, with Joven Benn pulling off the stunning upset over Nyron Joseph in five brutal games.
In his closing remarks, Tournament Director Deje Dias thanked the sponsors Smalta through their local distributors Ansa McAl for their continuous support of the junior programme.
He also thanked the coaches, players, parents and The Georgetown Club for making the tournament possible.
Matthew Phang was given the sportsmanship award while Larissa Wiltshire was judged the most valuable player of the tournament.    
In results from Sunday’s finals, The Herd defeated Gravity Challenged 3-2 with 1st String – Alex Arjoon defeating Dias 12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 11-3; 2nd String – Jason Van Dyke beating Alysa Xavier 15-13, 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-1; 3rd String – Lee Fung-A-Fat loosing to Ashley deGroot  9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2; 4th String – Larissa Wiltshire defeating Charlene Cheeks11-4, 11-7 and 5th String – Mahendra Khusial losing to Matthew Phang  16-14, 13-15, 10-12, 11-3, 13-11.
Different Strokes defeated Be Aggresive  3-2 with 1st String – Jason Ray Khalil defeating Keisha Jeffrey  11-6, 11-6, 11-4; 2nd String – Victoria Arjoon, beating Z. Xavier  11-7, 4-11, 8-11, 5-11 5-11; 3rd String – Jonathan Antczak defeating Akeila Wiltshire 13-11, 11-8,  9-11, 11-7; 4th String – Stefan John losing to Ricky Rodrigues 9-11, 8-11, 11-13 and 5th String – Taylor Fernandes defeating Riasoya Jodah  11-3, 11-6, 11-7.
Run For Cover defeated Pit Bulls 3-2; 1st String – Ashley Khalil defeated Kayla Jeffrey 11-4, 3-11, 11-8; 2nd String – Joven Benn defeated Nyron Joseph 8-11, 1-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9; 3rd String – Gabriel Fraser lost to Ben Mekdeci 8-11, 14-12, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11,
4th String – Alec Melville lost to Patrick Fraser 11-2, 7-11, 8-11, 8-11 and 5th String – Alexander Cheeks defeated Alexandra Phang 11-2, 11-1, 11-1.