THE Toucan Distributors Junior Skill Level tournament began on Wednesday evening at Georgetown Club, Camp Street with top seed Shomari Wiltshire in excellent form against Michael Alphonso.

In the only Category A match of the evening, a cool Wiltshire patiently rallied out an eager Alphonso for a 3-0 victory. Despite Alphonso’s outstanding retrieval, Wiltshire’s accuracy, timing and pace dominated the match for an 11-2, 11-4, 11-0 win.
In the Category B matches, a much-improved Mohryan Baksh faced the talented Abosaide Cadogan in a close bout.

After an 11-6 defeat in the first game, Baksh made an early bid in the second, pulling ahead, before Cadogan closed the gap; and in a point-for-point battle of exciting cross courts, drives and drops, he succumbed 12-14. Cadogan fought her way through the third to a 3-0 triumph.

Lucas Jonas gave an impressive performance against Kirsten Gomes in a 5-game match where he dominated the T and played some magnificent cross courts. Gomes was outplayed in the final game after levelling up 2-2 earlier in the match and Jonas took the win 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8.

Brothers Zachary and Lucas Persaud secured victories in Categories C and E respectively, while in Category F, Safirah Summer fought hard against Mathew Spooner in the second game reaching 13-15 but couldn’t hold on and Spooner earned his first win 11-6, 13-11.
In Category H, good serves proved the game-changers for the younger players loke Tianna Gomes.

Mathew Daby, Solomon Ince-Carvalhal and Shriya Persaud all finished the night without dropping a game.
Matches continue tomorrow from 18:00hrs at Georgetown Club.

Results for the evening

Category A
Shomari Wiltshire trounced Michael Alphonso 11-2, 11-4, 11-0

Category B
Abosaide Cadogan defeated Mohryan Baksh 11-6, 14-12, 11-9
Lucas Jonas beat Kirsten Gomes 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8

Category C
Zachary Persaud whipped Shiloh Asregado 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
Rayad Boyce thrashed Aishani Persaud 11-2, 11-5

Category D
Lajuan Munroe trounced Teija Edwards 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
Nathan Rahaman bettered Beau Fernandes 7-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-6

Category E
Lucas Persaud whipped Arvin Seelall 11-6, 11-3
Dhiren Persaud defeated Angel Rahim 11-7, 11-5

Category F
Christiana Fernandes mauled Mailia Maikoo 11-2, 11-4
Matthew Spooner beat Safirah Summer 11-6, 15-13
Grant Fernandes thrashed Noah Rahaman 11-5, 11-8

Category G
Romero Muniram mauled Abhinav Singh 11-3, 11-7
William Escarraga got the better of Brenno DaSilva 11-6, 11-2

Category H
Tianna Gomes demolished Eli Gouveia 11-0, 11-3
Mathew Daby trounced Jnae Singh 11-3. 11-5
Solomon Ince-Carvalhal smashed Nicholas Sawh 11-3, 11-1
Shriya Persaud crushed Nicholas Sawh 11-2, 11-2