Digicel donates $500,000 for ladies to play at squash tourney

Digicel’s Jacqueline James (right) hands over the cheque to Vidushi Persaud with Ashley deGroot (back left) and Mary Fung-a-Fat looking on.

Cellphone giant Digicel yesterday handed over a cheque valued at $500,000 to the Guyana Squash Association to assist players travelling to the Cayman Islands for the Women’s World Open Squash Championship. The tournament is scheduled for December 13th to 21st.

Secretary of the Guyana Squash Association Vidushi Persaud said the association was proud to have three outstanding young ladies competing in the tournament: Nicolette Fernandes, Mary Fung-a-Fat and Ashley deGroot.

This, Persaud said, is their second year