Fung-A-Fat easily gets past Taylor Fernandes

Mary Fung-A-Fat, one of the most decorated junior squash players locally made light work of Taylor Fernandes on Thursday evening as the Guyana Squash Association, Woodpecker Products Limited-sponsored national junior championships continued at the Georgetown Club.

 Mary Fung-A-Fat
Mary Fung-A-Fat

Fung-A-Fat, a four-time Caribbean junior champion and Caribbean U-19 champion defeated Fernandes 11-3, 11-3, 11-1 while Caribbean Under-19 runner-up Ashley De Groot secured an emphatic win over Kristina Cheeks 11-0, 11-1, 11-2.

And in a rare case of sibling rivalry, former Caribbean Under-15 champion Akeila Wiltshire was taken to four games by sister Larissa Wiltshire before emerging with an 11-5,11-6,11-13,11-3.

In the male category, Nyron Joseph comfortably defeated former Caribbean Under 13 champion Ben Mekdeci 11-7,11-3,12-10.

Ashley De Groot
Ashley De Groot

Other results of the evening were as follows
Boys under 11:

Zachary Persaud beat Ethan Jonas 11-7,11-2

Dominic Collins beat Daniel Lowe 11-2,11-6

Gianni Carpenter beat RaJiv Lee 11-6,11-6

Michael Alphonso beat Nathan Rahaman 11-4,11-5

Shomari Wiltshire beat Lucas Jonas 11-1,11-2

John Phang beat Liam Carpenter11-0,11-3

Demetrius De Abreu beat Gareth Da Silva 11-4, 11-2

Girls under 13 and 15:

Nyron Joseph
Nyron Joseph

Rebecca Low defeated Makeda Harding 11-2,11-1,11-3

Savannah Mendes beat Maya Collins 11-7,11-8,9-11,11-4

Taylor Fernandes beat Sarah Lewis 11-0,11-3,11-1

Boys Under 13 and 15:

Shomari Wiltshire beat Anthony Islam 11-1,11-3,11-6

Matthew Phang beat Jael Gaskin 11-2,11-1,11-1

Ben Mekdeci beat Alex Cheeks 11-1,11-2,11-0

Daniel Islam beat Michael Ramroop 11-6,11-4,11-8

Girls Under 17 and 19:

Akeila Wiltshire
Akeila Wiltshire

Akeila Wiltshire beat Larissa Wiltshire 11-5,11-6,11-13,11-3

Ashley De Groot beat Kristina Cheeks 11-0,11-1,11-2

Mary Fung A Fat defeated Taylor Fernandes 11-3,11-3,11-1

Boys Under 17 and 19:

Nyron Joseph beat Ben Mekdeci 11-7,11-3,12-10

Steven Xavier beat Avinash Odit 11-3,11-5,11-1