De Groot pushed to the limit

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-but Jeffrey, Arjoon and Khalil score easy wins

By Calvin Roberts

Raphael de Groot was pushed to the limit but Kristian Jeffrey, Alex Arjoon and Ashley Khalil scored easy wins as action in the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Woodpecker Products Limited-sponsored National Junior Championships got underway at the Georgetown Club courts Tuesday night.

Jason Ray Khalil stretches to play one of his soft shots off the sides as Raphael de Groot watches on during their match in the Woodpecker Products Junior Squash championship at the Georgetown Club, Tuesday night. (Clairmonte Marcus Photo)Also in winners’ row in the competition which is being used to select Guyana’s 14-member squad to participate in the Junior Caribbean Championships to be held in Bermuda in July,  were 11-year-old Jean-Claude Jeffrey, Abishek Singh, Jason Ray Khalil, Kayla Jeffrey and Victoria Arjoon……


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