The 14th Mount Gay CASA Squash Championships opened this morning at the Barbados Squash Club?s, Marine House courts, with the start of the individual competitions for both men and women. The seeded players get into action this afternoon for the Men, and tomorrow, Friday, for the Ladies. The top seeds are as follows:-
Men
#1 Gary Plumstead (Bermuda)
#2 Nick Kyme (Bermuda)
#3/4 James Bullock (Jamaica) and Wayne Burrows
#5-8 Max Weithers (Guyana), Shawn Badrinath (Guyana), Gavin Cumberbatch (Barbados), Paul DeVerteuil (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ladies
#1 Marlene West (Jamaica)
#2 Nicolette Fernandes (Guyana)
#3/4 Karen Meakins (Barbados) and Karen Anderson (Jamaica)
#5-8 Sonia Perkins (Barbados), Jennifer Armstrong (Barbados), Seraphina Johnson (Bahamas), Rhea Khan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Individual competition starts each day from 9.00am, continuing through until approxiamately 9.00pm. The individual finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon, and the Team competition commences on Monday, Aug 25th at 9.00am.
Results for the morning session on Day 1 are as follows:_
Ladies Individual ? First Round:
Melissa Lue Yen (JAM) defeated Tracy Roett (BAR) 3-0 (9/1 10/8 retired injured)
Carla Jackson (BAR) defeated Tiffany Solomon (GUY) 3-2 (9/3 9/0 8/10 3/9 9/1)
Joanna Scoon (T&T) defeated Tessa Martin (T&T) 3-0 (9/1 9/1 9/0)
Men’s Individual ? First Round
Hernan Marino (VEN) defeated Gerard Greaves (GUY) 3-0 (9/3 9/0 9/1)
Luis Hernandes (VEN) defeated John Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-0 (9/4 9/7 9/5)
Bruce Levy (JAM) defeated Rhett Cumberbatch (BAR) 3-0 (9/0 10/9 9/6)
Julian Chin (GUY) defeated Gabriel Teran (GUY) 3-0 (9/1 9/1 9/4)
Gabby Rabesse (OECS) defeated Leon Truss (BAR) 3-0 (9/7 9/1 9/2)
Chris Binnie (JAM) defeated Marlon White (BAR) 3-0 (W/O)
Peter Pirtheesingth (T&T) defeated Craig Mair (JAM) 3-1 (1/9 9/3 9/4 9/2)
CASA 2003 Individuals – Day 1 AM – file no. 1
