Louis DaSilva and Avery Arjoon win Gold in mixed Doubles

LOUIS DaSilva and Avery Arjoon won Gold in the mixed doubles at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday Evening.

Playing at South Sound Squash Club, the Guyanese pair who had both taken the Gold Medal in the individual category, teamed up to ease past the Jamaican pair of Ethan Miller and Elle Wilson (11-4, 11-5) in the semi-finals.

Louis and Avery beat Luke Wilson and Eboni Atherley of Barbados in a riveting Mixed Doubles final.

Armed with the experience of playing on the recently constructed Doubles Court in Guyana, Louis and Avery, playing excellent Squash, took the opening game 11-8 before the Bajans rebounded to win the second stanza 8-11 and take the match into a third game.

In an epic third game, both teams traded shots and were engaged in lengthy rallies. The Guyanese executed some clinical drop shots, but the Barbadians fought back well and, with the score on 10-9, seemed set for the Gold Medal.

But Louis and Avery dug deep and levelled the score. However, Luke Wilson and Eboni Atherley were not giving up and managed to reach ‘match ball’ on two more occasions in a thrilling contest, to have the fans on their feet.

But it would be the Guyanese, despite beginning to tire, who demonstrated the will to fight to the end, as the raucous Guyanese contingent urged them on.

They would eventually win the ‘Gold Medal’ match 11-8, 8-11, 11-10.

After a strong run in the individual category, Kaylee Lowe and Emily Fun-a-Fat teamed up for Girls’ Doubles.

The Guyanese performed well and had a 2-0 win against Gia Ghuran and Aaniyah Ramdeen from Trinidad and Tobago.

However, the pair lost (10-11, 4-11) to Barbados’ Oliva Watts and Sarrayah Yearwood to capture a Bronze Medal.

In the Boys Doubles, Justin Ten Pow and Shiloh Asregado lost to the hometown pair of Levi Jack and Charlie Makin to win a Bronze.

Earlier, Kaylee Lowe, Louis DaSilva and siblings Alexis and Avery Arjoon all claimed individual gold medals as the Guyanese copped eight individual medals

While gold eluded them, Zion Hickerson and Ethan Bulkan secured silver medals in their respective finals.

Hickerson lost out to Savante’ Padmore of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Boys’ Under-11 final, while Bulkan was defeated by Bermuda’s Mason Smith in the Boys’ Under-13 category.

Justin Ten Pow lost to Adriana Vera 2-1 in the Boys U-15 final to win a Silver Medal, while Ella Fernandes lost to Denielle Benn of Barbados in the Girls U-11 final to finish with a Silver Medal.

Guyana heads into the team competition, which commenced yesterday and concludes tomorrow with 11 Medals, including five Gold Medals. (Sean Devers)