After the excitement of the Individual Competition in the 16th biennial Caribbean Squash Championships the all important team competitions got underway yesterday (Tuesday) at the Liguanea Club in Kingston, Jamaica.
In the Ladies Team competition there are only four teams participating. The defending champions Barbados Ladies Team enjoyed a comfortable work out in the morning by defeating Trinidad and Tobago by five matches to nil with all matches being won in straight games. Jamaica was scheduled to face the OECS in the evening tie in this straight round robin format.
In the Veterans Team competition there are six teams competing in a straight round robin format. Defending champions Barbados easily defeated Guyana by four matches to one with only the over-50 veteran, Leon Truss losing to Alwyn Callender of Guyana. In the other morning match played Cayman defeated Trinidad and Tobago by three matches to two. Jamaica was scheduled to play against the OECS in the evening match later on Tuesday.
The Men’s Team event is being contested by eight teams divided into two pools of four. Pool A
consists of defending champions Jamaica, Bermuda, Guyana and Venezuela, while Pool B comprises Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, OECS, and Cayman. After the initial round robin the top two teams in each pool will contest the semi-finals on Friday, with the team finals scheduled for Saturday, August 18, 2007. Only one Men’s match was played yesterday morning and Barbados duly crushed the Cayman Islands by five matches to nil, dropping only one game in the process. Three other Men’s matches were scheduled to be played later in the day but results were not available at press time.
Match results were as follows (N.B. The full playing schedule can be downloaded by clicking on the link below):
Ladies Team Round Robin
Barbados defeated Trinidad & Tobago 5-0 (B’dos players mentioned first)
#5 Bo Harris def. Gen Shim (3-0) 9/1, 9/1, 9/5
#4 Lilianna White def. Nicole Currie (3-0) 9/0, 9/5, 9/3
#1 Karen Meakins def. Rhea Khan (3-0) 9/6, 9/5, 9/3
#3 Jennifer Armstrong def. Nakita Poon Kong (3-0) 9/5, 9/2, 9/2
#2 Cheri-Ann Parris def. Kimberly Farah (3-0) 9/6, 9/5, 9/1
Men’s Team – Pool B
Barbados defeated Cayman 5-0 (B’dos players mentioned first)
#5 Fabian Goodridge def. Dean Smith (3-0) 9/2, 9/0, 9/1
#4 Mark Sealy def. Cameron Stafford (3-0) 9/3, 9/4, 9/0
#1 Shawn Simpson def. Gabe Rabess (3-1) 9/2, 9/7, 3/9, 9/5
#3 Bryant Cumberbatch def. Jake Kelly (3-0) 9/1, 9/6, 9/7
#2 Gavin Cumberbatch def. Alain Mudeen (3-0) 9/6, 9/0, 9/6
Veterans Team Round Robin
Barbados defeated Guyana (4-1) (B’dos players mentioned first)
Ladies +40: Sonia Perkins won by default
Men +40: Nigel Griffith def. Brendon Mounter (3-0) 9/5, 9/2, 9/2
Men +50: Leon Truss lost to Alwyn Callender (1-3) 6/9, 7/9, 10/8, 1/9
Ladies +50: Elizabeth Johnson def. Chauncey Lee (3-0) 9/3, 9/0, 9/3
Men +60: Errol Pilgrim won by default
Veterans Team Round Robin
Trinidad and Tobago lost to Cayman (2-3) (T&T players mentioned first)
Ladies +40: Michelle Corneliac lost to Marian Goodall (1-3) 9/2, 2/9, 1/9, 1/9
Men +40: Roger Salandy lost to Jeff Broderick (0-3) 1/9, 6/9, 0/9
Men +50: John Holly lost to John MacRury (1-3) 7/9, 9/3, 4/9, 3/9
Ladies +50: Sonia Carrington won by default
Men +60: Victor Thong won by default
Senior CASA XVI Team Playing Schedule (Aug 14-18, 2007) – file no. 1
