THERE was a gold rush for Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey and Jason Ray Khalil as the 2019 Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) continued at the Georgetown Club.

The duo snapped up gold in the Men’s Doubles competition at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts yesterday.

The doubles segment, an inaugural feature of the senior CASA, ensured that Guyana continued to show their dominance on the regional court.

The Jeffrey/Khalil combination lost the first set to Barbadian players Khamal Cumberbatch and Shawn Simpson 3-11, but rebounded well to win the remaining games.

With limited practice as a unit, the two senior Guyanese flowed well on the court to win 11-8, 11-10.

Meanwhile the Women’s pair of Taylor Fernandes and Ashley Khalil lost to their Bajan counterparts, Meagan Best and Amanda Haywood 5-11, 9-11.

Strive as they did, they were unable to cope with the fitness of the Bajans – putting up a good fight nonetheless.

The tournament continued last evening with the third-place singles playoff which featured the Guyanese pair of Taylor and Mary Fung-a-Fat and the male third-place with saw Richard Chin (Guyana) and Joe Chapman (BVI) clash.

Megan Best of Barbados was up against Guyana’s best in Nicolette Fernandes for the female final while Christopher Binnie of Jamaica played Cameron Stafford of the Cayman Islands in the male final.