Arjoon beat Da Silva in longest match of the night

By Sean Devers
FRIDAY night’s action in the GSA’s Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street was entertaining with defending champion, Alex Arjoon, beating the vastly improved Louis Da Silva in the longest match of the night.

Watched by another good turnout, the left-handed Arjoon, who played last year’s tournament with a handicap of 35, began Friday night’s match with a handicap of 28 needing to get 43 points for a win.

Da Silva, a talented junior player, coached by over-35 World Masters Champion, Nicolette Fernandes, reached 10 in the first game as he pushed the experienced Arjoon hard with some good quality drop shots and long rallies but it was Arjoon who won 15-10.

Da Silva continued to impress with good use of the court to put some pressure on his more accomplished opponent who won another 43 points to win the second game 15-10.

In another entertaining match, Taylor Fernandes, who had to score 21 points to win since her handicap against Deje Dias, was six, won a very competitive match 2-1.

Taylor won the first game 15-14 while a determined Dias fought back to win the second game 13-15 before Fernandes took the deciding game 15-12 to win the match.

In the other matches, Javid Rahaman beat Dennis Dias 15-13, 0-15, 15-13; Justin Ten Pow beat Blake Edwards 15-4, 15-11; Noah Rahaman beat Kaylee Lowe 15-10, 15-10; Jnae Singh beat Emily Fung-a-Fat 15-5, 15-6; Rylee Rodridges beat Brenno Da Silva 15-9, 15-6; Malia Maikoo beat Avian Ward 15-13, 15-12; Ethan Bulkan beat Zoey Mc Donald 15-13, 15-11; and Shiloh Asregado beat Lydia Frazer 15-14, 15-12.

Kirsten Gomes beat Lloyd Fung-a-Fat 15-13, 15-14; Jonathan Antczak beat Josh Verwey 15-13, 15-9 and Jason Ray Khalil beat his sister, Ashley Khalil.