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We are ready to host bigger, better Southern Caribbean Squash C/ships”- Burch-Smith

-Teams arriving this weekend

President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) said that the preparations for the Southern Caribbean Senior Squash Champion-ships are in ‘trim shape’ for the tournament which will be stage in Guyana from August 17th -24th.

Speaking exclusively with Stabroek Sport yesterday, Burch-Smith said that all systems are in place for a grand tournament this year.

“This year will be bigger and better, and we have put systems in place to ensure that the tournament is well coordinated,” he said.

This year’s tournament will be contested by players from Venezuela, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean State (OECS), whose contingent is predominantly from St Vincent according to Burch-Smith.

The GSA president also said that the majority of the players from the four participating countries will be arriving this weekend.

“The Barbados contingent will be arriving on Saturday and Venezuela on Sunday while the players from Trinidad and Tobago will be arriving on Sunday and on subsequent flights during the coming week,” he said.

Burch-Smith also said that GSA has got accommodation in place. “It was tough to get accommodation for overseas players because most hotels places were booked because of Carifesta, but the players will be accommodated at the Tower Hotel and at the Georgetown Club”.

He also said that overseas-based players Alwyn Callender and Brendon Mounter have already arrived and will be competing in the tournament’s veteran category while Robert Calledar is also due to return. Some of the players expected to represent Guyana in the tournament include:

Kristian Jeffrey, Reagan Pollard, Robert Fernandes, Alex Arjoon, Oliver Kear, Rafael deGroot, Nicolette Fernandes, Keisha and Kayla Jeffrey, Tiffany Solomon, Mary Fung-A-Fat and Victoria Arjoon.

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