JASON Ray-Khalil made a successful defence of his title in the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA)/Bounty Farm-sponsored Annual Mashramani tournament with a 2-1 win over Regan Pollard.

Playing in the open category with a minus 22 handicap, Khalil, a former Junior Caribbean champion took the first set 15-10, but Pollard, a former senior Caribbean champion bounced back to take the second set 15-10.
Going into the third and final set, both players seemed eager to win but a tiring Pollard made some unforced errors early in the set, allowing Khalil to get the upper hand and rally on to a comfortable 15-10 victory.
The third-place playoff was won by Lloyd Fung-A-fat who lost his semi-final match against Khalil 12-15, 13-15.
Pollard had defeated Nicholas Narain 15-5, 15-10 to book his place in the final.
In the `A’ category, Makeda Harding came out on top with Jonathan Edwards and Savannah Mendes placing second and third respectively.
Harding defeated Madison Fernandes 15-12, 15-13 to reach the final of the category `A’ competition, while Edwards beat Mendes 15-12, 15-8 to reach the final.
In the open Plate competition, Ashley DeGroot won from Alexander Cheeks.
In the Category `A’ Plate, John Phang won ahead of Sarah Lewis and Michael Alphonso respectively.
Treasurer of the Guyana Squash Association, Garfield Wiltshire, who chaired the proceedings thanked Bounty Farm and Digicel for sponsoring the tournament. He also thanked Tiffany Solomon, Narain and Ben Mekdeci for assisting in organising the tournament.
Assistant Manager of Bounty Farm Limited and president of the Guyana Squash Association David Fernandes, in a brief address, said his company is committed to sponsoring the tournament once again next yea.
He said it is his hope that next year the tournament would be bigger and better.
The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done by Bounty Farm’s Managing Director Philip Fernandes.