The top four ladies seeds all progressed smoothly to Thursday?s semi-finals when the Barbados National Squash Championships, sponsored by the Barbados Olympic Association, continued on Tuesday night, May 16th at the Barbados Squash Club.
Top seed and reigning five time national champion, Karen Meakins, enjoyed a relaxing evening when her opponent failed to show up after sustaining a back injury. Sonia Perkins, seeded #2, also cruised into yet another semi-final for her with a straight forward 9/3 9/1 9/2 victory over national junior player, Nadia McCarthy. #3 seed Lilianna White was equally dismissive and dispatched Carla Jackson 9/4 9/0 9/1, while the eagerly anticipated encounter between #4 seed Cheri-Ann Parris and her close rival, Bo Harris, produced some fine squash from both players who split the first two games before Parris powered her way to her second national semi-final 5/9 9/6 9/3 9/3.
The remaining Preliminary Round Men’s encounters were not as dramatic as that last ladies’ match with all eight contests being won in straight games. Those eight winners now progress to the first round of the Men’s Main Draw where the top eight Men’s seeds await on Wednesday, May 17th.
Full results from Day 2 on May 16th were as follows:
Ladies Quarter-final: #1 Karen Meakins defeated Andrea Goodridge by default
Ladies Quarter -final: #4 Cheri-Ann Parris defeated Bo Harris 5/9 9/6 9/3 9/3
Ladies Quarter-final: #3 Lilianna White defeated Carla Jackson 9/4 9/0 9/1
Ladies Quarter-final: #2 Sonia Perkins defeated Nadia McCarthy 9/3 9/1 9/2
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Tim O?Neal defeated Jason Gilkes 9/0 9/1 9/6
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Don Benn defeated Sylvester Nurse 9/5 10/9 9/2
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Ian Worrell defeated Cliff Nolan 9/4 9/2 9/3
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Craig Archer defeated Alex McDonald 9/7 91 9/2
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Fabian Goodridge defeated Roger Martin 9/3 9/1 9/5
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Philip Lewis defeated Ronald Watson 9/2 9/1 9/3
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Norman Rice defeated Ricky Edwards 9/5 9/7 10/8
Men’s Prelim. 2nd round: Alex Garcia defeated Andrew Nunes 9/4 9/3 9/0
The defending men’s champion, Shawn Simpson, is seeded at #2 and has won the last two nationals championships. The Men’s top seed is Gavin Cumberbatch, the men’s champion in 2000. The #3/4 seeds are old rivals Mark Sealy and Marlon White who contested the over-35 final on Saturday, May 13th. The #5/8 seeds are John Cumberbatch, Richard Moorjani, Jason Small and the evergreen Mickey Armstrong.
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The updated tournament draw can also be downloaded below.
B’dos National Championships 2006 – Day 7 – file no. 1
