Squash players from the defending overall team champion Guyana made a strong start for singles honours on the opening day of the 33rd Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships in Barbados yesterday
In the boys U19 singles, Nyron Joseph defeated Sean Murphy of the Cayman Islands 11-13, 11-3, 11-8 11-6 while Alec Melville defeated James Lanser of Trinidad and Tobago 11-7, 11-6, 11-3. Melville would also suffer defeat on the day as he lost to Jake Mahfood of Jamaica 11-5, 11-3, 11-6.
In the u-17 matches, Benjamin Mekdeci defeated Luke Roberts of Jamaica 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 while Alexander Cheeks defeated Nicholas Shaw of Trinidad and Tobago 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 and Mikal Quashie of the Eastern Caribbean States 6-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.
Cheeks would also suffer a defeat as went down to Josiah Griffith of Barbados 11-3, 11-2, 11-3.
