In the first of six matches on Wednesday night, Skid Marks easily withstood the power of Power Strangers to win 3-1 with a game in hand.
In the first string match-up Alex Arjoon defeated Javed Rahaman 9-1, 9-4, 9-0 while teammates Abishek Singh and Alyssa Xavier defeated Daina King and Steven Xavier in the second and third string match-ups respectively.
Power Strangers got their only victory when Nicholas Peters lost to Daniel Persaud 0-9, 0-9.
And Team Warriors defeated team Rav Four 3-1 with victories coming from second string Ashley Khalil, fifth string Gisele Fernandes and fourth string Ryan da Silva.
Da Silva defeated Ben Mekdeci 9-0, 9-2; Fernandes defeated Sheriena Tobin 15-8, 15-8, while Ashley Khalil defeated Stefan Jeffrey 9-0, 3-9, 9-5, 9-7.
Rav Four’s only victory came from Raphael deGroot who defeated Jason Ray Khalil 9-2, 9-1, 10-8.
In the last team battle team Rip-It defeated Buffalo Soldiers 3-2.
First string Deje Dias of Buffalo Soldiers defeated Nicholas Narain 9-2, 9-5, while his third string teammate Jean-Claude Jeffrey defeated Jason Van Dyke 9-3, 9-0, and 9-7.
Rip it would eventually battle back as their second string Joshua Abdool defeated Mary Fung-A-Fat 9-3, 9-1, 9-0, fourth string Shaquille Brown defeated Samantha Fernandes 10-9, 9-2 and fifth string, Christina Cheeks, defeated Patrick Fraser 15-14, 15-10.
The team tournament has so far attracted six teams. Each team consists of five players, varying in skill level and each player is matched up against a player from the opposing team with their corresponding ranking/skill level.
Tournament co-coordinator, Robert Fernandes, told Stabroek Sport that there was a great need for such tournaments in an individual sport such as squash to help players’ foster habits of teamwork and cooperative skills.
Fernandes added that the tournament was patterned after the team tournament at the Caribbean Squash Championships.
The tournament will also include a novice category which will be an individual tournament involving some eight players.
