Action in the 33rd edition of the annual Barbados National Closed Squash Championships which is sponsored by the Barbados Olympic Association, continued on Monday night May 7th at the Barbados Squash Club (BSC), Marine Gardens, Christ Church.
The top seeds are as follows:
Ladies: # 1 Karen Meakins; #2 Lilianna White; # 3/4 Cheri-Ann Parris & Carla Jackson.
Ladies # 5-8: Elizabeth Johnson; Ayoni Bradshaw; Muffin Johnson & Edna Corbette.
Men: #1 Gavin Cumberbatch; #2 Shawn Simpson; # 3/4 Mark Sealy & Marlon White.
Men # 5-8: Nigel Griffith; Fabian Goodridge; Alex Garcia & Bryant Cumberbatch.
In the ladies draw the top seed, Karen Meakins, will be aiming for an unprecedented seventh straight national title while on the Men’s side the three time defending champion, Shawn Simpson, has been seeded at #2 behind the top ranked player in the Southern Caribbean and champion in 2000, Gavin Cumberbatch.
In one of the more exciting first round matches played on the night in the Men’s Preliminary competition the recently crowned over-50 champion, Orson Simpson, was not tricky enough for the resilient Sylvester Nurse who prevailed in four hard fought games 9/1 0/9 9/3 9/6. In the longest match of the night Simpson?s fellow veteran Ronald Watson could not close out his younger and fitter opponent, James Punnett, who rallied back from a one game to two deficit before storming through the final two games to win 10/8 2/9 6/9 9/6 9/1 in just over 40 minutes.
Matches continue tonight at the BSC from 5:45 p.m. in the Men’s Preliminary competition and the Ladies Plate. The top eight Men’s seeds begin playing on Wednesday, May 9th.
The top four ladies seeds will begin on Thursday, May 10th. All finals are scheduled for Saturday afternoon, May 12th beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Results of matches played on Monday May 7th follow:
Ladies 1st Round
#5/8 Edna Corbette defeated Zo? Lisk 9/0 7/9 9/4 9/0
#5/8 Muffin Johnson defeated Lea Solomon 9/1 5/9 9/4 9/7
#5/8 Ayoni Bradshaw defeated Stacy Gilkes 9/0 9/0 9/0
Men’s Preliminary 1st Round
Ciaran Raymer defeated Jonathan O?Dowd 9/6 10/9 9/3
Bertram Butcher defeated Michael Best 9/6 10/9 7/9 9/7
Liu Ross defeated Ryan Foster 9/2 9/6 9/6
Matthew Mackenzie defeated Moishe Steinbok 10/8 9/5 9/7
James Punnett defeated Ronald Watson 10/8 2/9 6/9 9/6 9/1
Sylvester Nurse defeated Orson Simpson 9/1 0/9 9/3 9/6.
You can follow the action day by day by downloading the updated tournament draw for National Closed Squash Championships by following the link below.
B’dos National Championships 2007 – Day 4 – file no. 1
