Nicolette Fernandes is deserving of a national award

What more can one say about Nicolette Fernandes.

Once the `golden girl’ of Guyana’s squash, Nicollete’s retirement in 2017 was supposed to pave the way for her heir apparent to take the throne.

She had trained diligently in a career which spanned 15 years during which time the Canada-born Guyanese reached a career-high rank of number 19 in the world before she decided to say `No mas’.