IT was high action as the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in partnership with Digicel wrapped up its annual Farfan and Mendes Junior Squash tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Club. The day saw the continuation of play in all categories as the final matches were played off. In category A, unbeaten Shomari Wiltshire faced Taylor Fernandes.Shomari continued his unbeaten streak as he dispatched Fernandes 11–6, 11–5,11–6. The second game in this category saw Alex Cheeks knocking off Anthony Islam 13-11, 11-3,11-4.
In category B, Rebecca Low came up against Makeda Harding. Low was undefeated coming into the matchup and lost to Harding who showed improvement after losing to Samuel Ince-Carvalhal earlier in the tournament.
Low won the first game 11-5 but lost form and fell in the remaining three games 11-4, 11-5, 11-7. In the match between Gianni Carpenter and Maya Collins, Gianni prevailed in three close games, 11–10, 11–9, 11–8.
In category C, unbeaten Michael Alphonso knocked off Demetrius De Abreu in four games. Alphonso won the first game 11 – 5, but lost the second game 9 – 11. However,he won the remaining two games 11-8 and 11-7. In a sibling matchup between Lucas and Ethan Jonas, the younger Ethan won in three straight games, 11 – 5, 13 – 11,11 – 9.
In category D, Madison Fernandes faced Kirsten Gomes and secured a well-deserved victory. Both were previously undefeated and the match was close coming down to the deciding fifth game. Fernandes won games one and three 12-10 and 11-6,while Gomes won games two and four 11-7 and 11-6.
The fifth game was tightly contested with Fernandes winning 12-10. In the other match in this category Aliyah Persaud defeated Jason Gomes 11 – 9, 9 – 11, 11 – 4, 11 – 6.
Meanwhile, the overall winner of category A was Shomari Wilthshire with Alex Cheeks coming second and Taylor Fernandes third. In category B it was Makeda Harding taking first, Samuel Ince-Carvalhal second and Rebecca Low third.
The overall winner of category C was Michael Alphonso with Ethan Jonas second and Demetrius De Abreu coming third. In category 4 Madison Fernandes finished first with Kirsten Gomes second and Abosaide Cadogan third. It was James Mekdeci who finished first with Mohyryan Baksh second, Zachary Persaud third and Paige Fernandes fourth in category E.
In category F, Louis Da Silva finished first, Mikhail Persaud second, Nicholas Verwey third and Liam Carpenter fourth. For category G, Jahcinta Adams came first, Teija Edwards second and Beau Fernandes third.
Elan Rahaman finished first with Rayad Boyce second and Rayden Persaud third in category H, while in category I Noah Rahaman won while Dhiren Persaud finished second with Aishani Persaud and Malia Maikoo placing third and fourth respectively.
Kirsten Gomes and Alex Cheeks took home the awards for most improved girl and most improved boy respectively. Madison Fernandes got the award for most outstanding girl while Michael Alphonso got the most outstanding boy award.
Prizes were presented to the winners by Mrs Karen Gomes who is a representative of the sponsors Farfan & Mendes.