ETHAN Bulkan was triumphant over his brother Egan and has secured a spot in the U-13 final at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
After losing the first set 9-11, Ethan stormed back to win the next three, 11-9, 11-7, and 11-3.
Ethan will now face number-one seed, Jakob Noblett, from BVI this morning from 10:30h.
Earlier, defending champion Nicholas Verwey and Michael Alphsono Jr. qualified for the U-19 semi-final, and, if successful, they will meet in today’s final.
Verwey stayed on course in his title-repeat endeavours by defeating Barbadian Dominic Wilson in straight sets.
Number-two seed, Barbadian Alex Stewart, defeated Mohryan Baksh 11-4, 11-1, 11-4, and will need to get ahead of another Guyanese ace, Michael Alphonso Jr., for a spot in the final.
Reigning Under-17 champion, Louis DaSilva, was eliminated from individual medal contention in his first year at the U-19 level.
His demise came at the proficiency of Thong, who won 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
Under-17
After beating Ciara George of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 13-11, 11-4, 11-6, Guyana’s Rylee Rodrigues lost to Milanna Lamontagne 6-11, 6-11, 8-11 and therefore missed out on qualifying for the plate final in the Girls’ U-17 category.
It was a mixed return for the boys. Shiloh Asregado swept his match against Malachi McMaster, but Demetri Lowe lost 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 1-11 to Zevieh Abraham after defeating Barbadian Kai Shepherd earlier in the day.
Under-15
The energetic Jacob McDonald lost another plate match, this time to Cole Brown, 2-11, 1-11, 9-11 to end his campaign.