IN 2019, it was Nicolette Fernandes, and three years after, the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Championships returned, another star of the soil, Ashley Khalil, lived up to the expectations and won the gold medal.

She had to defeat teammate Taylor Fernandes in the women’s final in Kington, Jamaica, on Tuesday evening.
Khalil came from behind to win her first Senior CASA title 9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-4.

In the third-place playoff, two other Guyanese clashed and it was Ashley DeGroot who held off Akeila Wiltshire in a five-set thriller, 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-3, to cop bronze.

Additionally, Nyron Joseph and Jason-Ray Khalil won gold by defeating Barbadians Khamal Cumberbatch and Shawn Simpson 11-10, 11-10, while Ashley Khalil and DeGroot topped Caymanians Jade Pitcairn and Michaela Rensburg 11-6, 11-8, for the second doubles gold for Guyana.

However, in the mixed doubles, Daniel Ince and Fernandes went down to Cayman’s top mixed doubles duo of Marlene West and Cameron Stafford 3-11, 7-11.
More so, Alex Arjoon lost his singles semi-final to eventual 10-time champion Chris Binnie 2-11, 8-11, 4-11.
The team segment is currently on. Guyana are the defending champions.