The 35th annual National Squash Championships, sponsored by the Barbados Olympic Association Inc., continued last night (Tuesday) May 26th and there were no upsets in the following Men’s Preliminary round matches that were played at the Barbados Squash Club (BSC), Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church:
Men’s Preliminary – 1st round
Barry Gale def. Nigel Nicholls 11-4, 11-9, 11-2
Men’s Preliminary – 2nd round
Mark Gilkes def. David Foster 11-6, 11-5, 12-10
Don Benn def. Michael Best 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-0
Charles Chambers def. Andrew Nunes 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11
Leon Truss def. Barry Gale 11-8, 11-8, 12-10
Tony Mackenzie def. Jonathan O?Dowd 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 11-7
Cliff Nolan def. Ryan Foster 13-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10
Roger Martin def. David Spink 11-4, 11-4, 11-8
Mickey Armstrong def. Rory Mackenzie 11-8, 11-9, 11-9
Matches will begin to get more intense from this evening (Wednesday) with the above eight victors taking on the top eight seeded players in the first round of the Men’s Main Draw. Eight exciting Men’s matches are scheduled as well as one Ladies first round match involving two of the players vying for places on the National Junior Team. Four Men’s Plate matches are also scheduled to be played tonight at the BSC:
Ladies 1st Round
5:45 p.m. CT1 Gylla Mackenzie vs. Kennilee Ward
Men’s Main Draw 1st Round
6:15 p.m. CT1 #4 Bryant Cumberbatch vs. Don Benn
6:45 p.m. CT1 #3 Mark Sealy vs. Roger Martin
7:15 p.m. CT1 #2 Gavin Cumberbatch vs. Tony Mackenzie
7:45 p.m. CT1 #1 Shawn Simpson vs. Mickey Armstrong
6:15 p.m. CT2 #5/8 Nigel Griffith vs. Cliff Nolan
6:45 p.m. CT2 #5/8 Fabian Goodridge vs. Mark Gilkes
7:15 p.m. CT2 #5/8 Rhett Cumberbatch vs. Leon Truss
6:45 p.m. CT2 #5/8 Marlon White vs. Charles Chambers
Men’s Plate ? 1st Round
5:45 p.m. CT2 Michael Best vs. Matthew Mackenzie
8:15 p.m. CT1 Edwin Wickham vs. Stewart St. John
8:15 p.m. CT2 David Spink vs. Jonathan O?Dowd
8:45 p.m. CT1 Ruairidh (Rory) Mackenzie vs. Nigel Nicholls
The top four Ladies seeds will begin their campaigns from Thursday. They are as follows: #1 Karen Meakins (the eight time defending champion), #2 Cheri-Ann Parris, #3 Lilianna White, #4 Carla Jackson.
The full championship draw can be downloaded by following the link below:
Matches begin at 5:45 p.m. each evening this week. All finals will be played this Saturday, May 30th beginning from 2:00 p.m. with the last match, the Men’s final, scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. The presentation of trophies for this tournament and the National Veterans Championships that preceded it two weeks ago will be held in BSC court #1 immediately following the Men’s final on Saturday afternoon.
