The speed and agility of the youthful Fabian Goodridge and Alex Garcia proved too much for their experienced opponents as action continued in the Playfair Ltd. / Federal Bookmakers Barbados Squash Open on Thursday night, June 22nd at the Barbados Squash Club (BSC), Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church.
The 22 year old Goodridge, nephew of local squash legend Rudy Goodridge, won his only national boy?s under-19 title in 2002 and has been off the local squash scene for almost three years but looked as though he had never been away as he comprehensively demolished the experienced national senior player, Marlon White, in four games 9/0 9/5 5/9 9/6. The current under-19 champion, Alex Garcia, also proved to be too much of a handful for national team stalwart, John Cumberbatch, and also won in four games 9/3 9/7 2/9 9/7.
In the ladies playoffs for 5th place, Lilianna White comfortably snuffed out the challenge of Caymanian, Chantelle Day, the Caribbean Under-19 champion 9/7 9/1 9/3 while the local Under-17 and Under-19 champion, Cheri-Ann Parris, had to work a little harder against fellow local junior team mate, Nadia McCarthy, before winning an error filled match in four games 9/4 8/10 9/6 9/5.
In the Men’s B semi-finals also played last night (Thursday) Cliff Nolan played amazingly well to defeat Mickey Armstrong 3-0 while Tariq Williams (Guyana) once again let a 2-0 lead slip away but just managed to hold off Fredrik Crouzet (Martinique) in five close games.
Full results from Day 4 on June 22nd are as follows (all players from Barbados unless stated otherwise):
Ladies 5/8th Semi-final: #3 Lilianna White defeated #7 Chantelle Day (Cayman) 9/7 9/1 9/3
Ladies 5/8th Semi-final: #6 Cheri-Ann Parris defeated #8 Nadia McCarthy 9/4 8/10 9/6 9/5
Ladies Plate Semi-final: Carla Jackson defeated Maia Blackman 9/0 9/0 9/3
Ladies Plate Semi-final: Tracy Roett defeated Edna Corbette 9/5 9/2 9/1
Men’s A Plate Semi-final: Fabian Goodridge defeated #6 Marlon White 9/0 9/5 5/9 9/6
Men’s A Plate Semi-final: Alex Garcia defeated John Cumberbatch 9/3 9/7 2/9 9/7
Men’s B Semi-final: Cliff Nolan defeated Mickey Armstrong 9/1 9/2 9/4
Men’s B Semi-final: Tariq Williams (Guyana) defeated Fredrik Crouzet (Martinique) 10/8 9/7 2/9 4/9 9/2
Men’s B 5/8th Semi-final: Roger Martin defeated Andrew Nunes 10/9 10/8 9/0
Men’s B 5/8th Semi-final: David Foster defeated Alex McDonald by default
Men’s B Plate Semi-Final: Orson Simpson defeated Ricky Edwards 7/9 9/2 9/5 9/2
Men’s B Plate Semi-Final: David Lewis defeated Kieran Young 9/5 9/4 9/7
The Men’s and ladies? semi-finals will be played tonight (Friday), starting from 5:45 p.m. and continuing until approximately 8:30 p.m. at the BSC [427-7913]. First on court will be #1 Karen Meakins vs. #5 Jenny Armstrong, then #2 Sonia Perkins vs. #4 Victoria Lust (England). The men’s semi-finals will be #1 Shawn Badrinath (Guyana) vs. #4 Steve Smith (Jamaica) and then #2 Gavin Cumberbatch vs. #3 Shawn Simpson. All finals will be contested between noon and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, June 24th. The trophy presentation ceremony will be held at the BSC on Saturday evening also.
